NONLINEAR TEMPORAL DIFFRACTION AND FREQUENCY-SHIFTS RESULTING FROM PULSE SHAPING IN CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS

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作者
LIU, X
WAGNER, R
MAKSIMCHUK, A
GOODMAN, E
WORKMAN, J
UMSTADTER, D
MIGUS, A
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[1] Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2099
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10.1364/OL.20.001163
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We present experimental results of the amplification of strongly amplitude-modulated chirped pulses resulting from the coherent addition of two delayed short pulses. The nonlinearities in the amplifier chain induce a temporal diffraction resulting in prepulses and postpulses, in addition to the two main pulses when compressed. Simultaneously, temporal-resolved and spectral-resolved output pulses show that the prepulses and postpulses are blue shifted and red shifted, respectively, explaining the causality of the system.
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页码:1163 / 1165
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