Pulse distortions in tilted pulse schemes for ultrashort pulses
Abstract
Analytical expressions are found for the propagation of the amplitude of tilted ultrashort pulses. The distortions arising are the pulse broadening, tilt angle decrease, chirp, frequency shift and spatial profile variation. Expressions for these quantities are found and it is shown that the mechanisms responsible for the distortions are the group velocity dispersion and the spectral lateral walkoff. The conditions to be met in order to avoid such distortions are derived.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- September 1986
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0030-4018(86)90290-7
- Bibcode:
- 1986OptCo..59..229M