optical-pulse compression

optical-pulse compression

[′äp·tə·kəl ¦pəls kəm‚presh·ən]

(optics)

The shortening of the duration of an optical pulse by techniques similar to those used in chirp radar, in which a frequency sweep is imposed on the pulse and the pulse is then compressed by using a dispersive delay line.

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