Abstract

Chirped pulses have important applications in [optical parametric] chirped pulse amplification ([OP]CPA), telecommunications, molecular alignment, chirp-assisted sum frequency generation, dispersive Fourier transform spectroscopy and coherent control [1, 2]. Knowledge of the nonlinear dispersion of these pulses is required for accurate extraction of information from experiments, as well as enabling optimal operation of [OP]CPA systems.

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