Synergic action of linear dispersion, second-order nonlinearity, and third-order nonlinearity in shaping the spectral profile of a femtosecond pulse transporting in a lithium niobate crystal

Lihong Hong; Yuanyuan Liu; Zhi-Yuan Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.516105

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 4, 774(2024)

Synergic action of linear dispersion, second-order nonlinearity, and third-order nonlinearity in shaping the spectral profile of a femtosecond pulse transporting in a lithium niobate crystal

Lihong Hong^1、†,*, Yuanyuan Liu^2、†, and Zhi-Yuan Li²

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Dec. 15, 2023

Accepted: Feb. 7, 2024

Published Online: Mar. 29, 2024

The Author Email: Lihong Hong (honglihong@siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.516105

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