General compressor for ultrashort pulses with nonlinear chirp

Autor: Simon, Juan M., Martinez, Oscar Eduardo, Ledesma, Silvia A., Iemmi, Claudio C.
Zdroj: Optics Letters; November 1991, Vol. 16 Issue: 21 p1704-1706, 3p
Abstrakt: A new type of grating compressor capable of compensating, in principle, for any arbitrary group-delay dispersion is described. The system relies on a specially designed grating with a variable groove spacing along its surface as well as a variable angle of incidence. In this manner each wavelength actually sees a different grating, always at Littrow incidence, that gives rise to distinct group delays. The design equations are derived, and the particular case of a cubic compressor is discussed. It is shown that, within practical limits, both quadratic and cubic terms can be simultaneously compensated for in typical optical fibers.
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