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Chirped Mirrors for Optical Pulse Compression |
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Written by Mike Wiemer
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Tuesday, 10 April 2007 |
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Here I discuss the design of double chirped, AR coated mirrors for dispersion compensation in mode-locked lasers. I explore the various design parameters (including material choice) and catalog their effect on the dispersion characteristics. The major problem in chirped mirror design is impedance matching the ambient medium to the stack. Non-ideal impedance matching results in undesired oscillations in the dispersion vs. wavelength curve of the mirror. I use a transfer matrix formalism for calculations. |
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You can download the document here: Chirped Mirrors for Optical Pulse Compression |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 13 April 2007 )
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