100-Fold compression of picosecond pulses from a parametric light source in single-mode optical fibers at wavelengths 1.5-1.65 μ m
Dianov E. M. , Karasik A. Ya. , Mamyshev P. V. , Onishchukov G. I. , Prokhorov A. M. , Stel'makh M. F. , Fomichev A. A.
Compression to a pulse length r = 275 fs has been achieved by pumping a single-mode optical fiber, 250 m long, with the light from a parametric source with a pulse length r — 30 ps and a wavelength tunable over the interval λ = 1.5-1.65 μτη.