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We numerically simulated the pulse formation in a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser and investigated the effect of a discrete distribution of dispersion and self-phase modulation. It was found that the discreteness in an actual femtosecond laser leads to pulse broadening and deviation of the pulse shape from that of a fundamental soliton. The high-order dispersion of quartz prisms was effective in relaxing the pulse broadening induced by discreteness. The discreteness effect on the pulse contrast in a femtosecond laser was investigated.
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Received: 14 September 2001 / Revised version: 11 November 2001 / Published online: 20 June 2002
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Cha, Y., Han, J. & Rhee, Y. Effect of discrete distribution of dispersion and self-phase modulation in a ∼10-fs Ti:sapphire laser. Appl Phys B 74 (Suppl 1), s283–s289 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-0871-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-0871-2