Realizing normal group-velocity dispersion in free space via angular dispersion

It has long been thought that normal group-velocity dispersion (GVD) cannot be produced in free space via angular dispersion. Indeed, conventional diffractive or dispersive components such as gratings or prisms produce only anomalous GVD. We identify the conditions that must be fulfilled by the angu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics letters 2021-11, Vol.46 (21), p.5421-5424
Hauptverfasser: Hall, Layton A., Abouraddy, Ayman F.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:It has long been thought that normal group-velocity dispersion (GVD) cannot be produced in free space via angular dispersion. Indeed, conventional diffractive or dispersive components such as gratings or prisms produce only anomalous GVD. We identify the conditions that must be fulfilled by the angular dispersion introduced into a plane-wave pulse to yield normal GVD. We then utilize a pulsed-beam shaper capable of introducing arbitrary angular-dispersion profiles to symmetrically produce normal and anomalous GVD in free space, which are realized here on the same footing for the first time, to our knowledge.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.438978