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Generation of single dispersion precompensated 1-fs pulses by shaped-pulse optimized high-order stimulated Raman
Vladimir Kalosha1, Michael Spanner, Joachim Herrmann
1Max-Born-Institute, Max-Born-Strasse 2a, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
We propose and theoretically analyze a new approach for generating and shaping 1-fs pulses. It combines the ideas of strong-field molecular optics and optimal control to manipulate light generation in a pump-probe Raman regime. Flexible phase control over the generated spectrum of about 3 eV width is achieved by controlling the input pulses and maximizing the coherence of medium excitation by adiabatically aligning molecules in the medium with a specially shaped pump pulse. The generated pulse is optimized for an output window, precompensating for its dispersion to all orders.
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