Quasi-automatic phase-control technique for chirp compensation of pulses with over-one-octave bandwidth - Generation of few- to mono-cycle optical pulses

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-222

  Yamashita, Mikio ^a,c,d,e,f,g   Yamane, Keisaku ^b,h,i   Morita, Ryuji ^a,c,g,i  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kawasaki Semiconductor Technology World Corporation   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^d Physicla Society of Japan   (Japan)

^e Laser Society of   (Japan)

^f Biophysical Society of Japan   (Japan)

^g OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^h Kawasaki Semiconductor Technology World Corporation   (Japan)

ⁱ Hokkaido University ^*

Author keywords

Complicated nonlinear chirp compensation; Optical pulse compression; Over one octave bandwidth; Quasi monocycle pulse generation; Quasiautomatic spectral phase control

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATED NONLINEAR CHIRP COMPENSATION; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; OVER ONE OCTAVE BANDWIDTH; QUASI MONOCYCLE PULSE GENERATION; QUASIAUTOMATIC SPECTRAL PHASE CONTROL;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FEEDBACK; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; PHASE COMPARATORS; PHASE CONTROL;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 33646711880     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.871961     Document Type: Article

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