Scinovex
articleTop 1% cited

Compression of optical pulses to six femtoseconds by using cubic phase compensation

Optics Letters · 1987 · Vol. 12(7) · pp. 483–483
R. L. ForkC. H. Brito CruzP. C. BeckerC. V. Shank

Abstract

We demonstrate that a combination of prisms and diffraction gratings can provide not only quadratic but also cubic phase compensation of ultrashort optical pulses. We obtain compressed pulses as short as 6 fsec.

Laser-Matter Interactions and ApplicationsAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesPhotonic Crystal and Fiber OpticsOpticsFemtosecondPhase compensationMaterials sciencePulse compressionUltrashort pulsePhase (matter)DiffractionCompensation (psychology)Diffraction grating
Citations
921
FWCI
31.93
field-weighted impact
References
12
Percentile
100%
vs. same field & year
Citations per year
Cited by
Characterization of arbitrary femtosecond pulses using frequency-resolved optical gating
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 1993 · 848 citations
Compression of high-energy laser pulses below 5 fs
Optics Letters · 1997 · 948 citations
Space-time duality and the theory of temporal imaging
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 1994 · 673 citations
Intense few-cycle laser fields: Frontiers of nonlinear optics
Reviews of Modern Physics · 2000 · 2,945 citations
Femtosecond pulse shaping using spatial light modulators
Review of Scientific Instruments · 2000 · 2,246 citations
References
Negative dispersion using pairs of prisms
Optics Letters · 1984 · 931 citations
Optical pulse compression with diffraction gratings
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 1969 · 1,321 citations
Citation Network

How this paper connects to the literature. Drag to explore, click any node to open that paper.