Optical pulse compression
- 15 November 1974
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 25 (10) , 566-568
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1655312
Abstract
Dramatic and controllable reshaping of frequency-modulated dye laser pulses has been observed. The pulses, nearly resonant with the 2P1/2 line (7948 Å) of Rb, first passed through a LiNbO3 frequency modulator, and then through a cell containing dilute Rb vapor where the reshaping took place. Large pulse compressions were obtained with only 400 MHz of frequency modulation due to the extremely large frequency dispersion of the group velocity.Keywords
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