Brewster-angled chirped mirrors for high-fidelity dispersion compensation and bandwidths exceeding one optical octave

被引:48
作者
Steinmeyer, G [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Born Inst Nichtlineare Opt & Kurzzeitspektros, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2003年 / 11卷 / 19期
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D O I
10.1364/OE.11.002385
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A novel design approach for dispersion-compensating chirped mirrors with greater-than-octave bandwidth is proposed. The commonly encountered problem of dispersion ripple is overcome by impedance matching via Brewster incidence in respect to the top-layer coating material. This approach totally suppresses undesired reflections off the interface to the ambient medium without any need for complicated matching sections. It is shown that Brewster-angled chirped mirrors can deliver ultrabroadband dispersion compensation over a much wider bandwidth than conventional double-chirped mirrors and without the mechanical complexity of back-deposition approaches. Due to their relatively simple structure, the sensitivity of the dispersion of the Brewster-angled designs towards growth errors is greatly reduced. Therefore, this new generation of chirped mirrors appears ideal for compression of continuum pulses with a potential of pulse durations in the single-cycle regime. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.
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页码:2385 / 2396
页数:12
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