Abstract

We describe an optical pulse-compression technique that uses a pair of Brewster-angled TeO₂ crystal prisms. The negative group-velocity dispersion of the TeO₂ prisms is much larger than that of fused quartz or other dense flint glasses. This permits the distance between the prisms to be shortened considerably, approaching that of a grating (1200 lines/mm) pair. The transmission for 633-nm monochromatic light through the prism is 99.8%, and the total transmission through the prism pair is higher than 90%. Optical pulses of 800-fsec duration from a synchronously pumped cw dye laser have been successfully compressed to 120 fsec.

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