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Cherenkov radiation; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser mirrors; optical pulse compression; ytterbium
Abstract:
We demonstrate an Yb-fiber oscillator based, broadband (~170 nm) laser source centered at 850 nm. The spectrum generated by fiber-optic Cherenkov radiation produces ~11-fs compressed pulses after phase compensation using 8 double-chirped mirrors.