A new technique for achieving distortion-free pulse propagation through single-mode optical
fibers is demonstrated. Mode-locked dye-laser pulses with 3.3-psec pulse widths and a …

We report the generation and measurement of an optical pulse only 30 fs (30 X 10-15 s) in
duration using optical compression techniques. This is the shortest optical laser pulse ever …

We describe the use of a mode-locked color-center laser to demonstrate nearly
distortionless propagation of~ 5-psec-wide, Fourier-transform-limited pulses, at or near the …

We report a factor of12 compression ofthe 5.4-ps, 1-k W pulses from a mode-locked dye
laser. The pulses were frequency broadened and linearly chirped by the combined action of …

We report a factor of 65 compression of the 5.9‐ps [full width at half‐maximum (FWHM)]
pulses from a mode‐locked dye laser by a two‐stage technique. In each stage the laser …

Using a two-stage optical-fiber pulse compressor together with an optical amplifier, we have
compressed the 5.4-psec pulses from a synchronously pumped mode-locked dye laser to 16 …

An extra-cavity pulse narrowing technique is demonstrated in which a frequency-swept
optical pulse is compressed by the application of a spectral window. The pulses from a cw …

We report a method for direct generation ofvohage programmable, arbitrarily shaped laser
pulses of subpicosecond duration and roughly 100 fs resolution. A waveguide intensity …

Considerable progress is currently being made in the generation of ultrashort light pulses.
Extension of subpicosecond, passively mode-locked dye laser technology I to the colliding …

Optical pulse compression via the optical-fiber pulse compressor I has become an important
experimental technique to achieve shorter pulses for many different applications and at a …