Dispersion compensation for femtosecond pulses using high-index prisms
- 15 May 1987
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 61 (10) , 4736-4739
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.338809
Abstract
We have compensated the residual chirp of the pulses emerging from the thick output coupler of our femtosecond dye laser with a sequence of four high-refraction index prisms. Using the same prisms, we show that it is possible to compensate the great amount of dispersion due to a femtosecond multistage amplifier leading to a compact and low-loss compensation system.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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