NUMERICAL STUDY ON SPACE-TIME PULSE-COMPRESSION

A numerical study of the properties of Gaussian pulses propagating in a planar waveguide under the combined effects of positive Kerr-type no nlinearity, diffraction in planar waveguides and anomalous or normal d ispersion, is presented. It is demonstrated how the relative strength of dispersion and diffraction, the strength of nonlinearity and the in itial spatial and temporal pulse chirps effect the parameters of pulse compression, such as the maximal compression factor and the distance to the point of maximal compression.