All-optical programmable shaping of narrow-band nanosecond pulses with picosecond accuracy by use of adapted chirps and quadratic nonlinearities

Authors
Ribeyre, X Rouyer, C Raoult, F Husson, D Sauteret, C Migus, A
Citation
X. Ribeyre et al., All-optical programmable shaping of narrow-band nanosecond pulses with picosecond accuracy by use of adapted chirps and quadratic nonlinearities, OPTICS LETT, 26(15), 2001, pp. 1173-1175
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
15
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1173 - 1175
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20010801)26:15<1173:APSONN>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate pure optical pulse picosecond shaping of narr ow-bandwidth nanosecond pulses. The method used is based on the manipulatio n in the spectral domain of strongly chirped femtosecond pulses and on the use of either frequency addition or frequency difference. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.