Dispersive effects in the reflection of femtosecond optical pulses from broadband dielectric mirrors
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 24 (13), 2014-2020
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.24.002014
Abstract
The dispersive effects of high-reflectivity broadband mirrors on femtosecond optical pulses have been analyzed for three different multilayer structures. In each case the high-reflectivity zone can be divided into two different regions symmetrically located around the mirror central frequency: high-dispersion and low-dispersion regions. The calculated temporal behavior of the reflected pulse shows high distortion of the pulse profile, a frequency chirp, and a broadening as high as a factor of 5.6, due to a single reflection, within the high-dispersion region. The use of these types of mirror should therefore be strictly limited to their low-dispersion side.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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