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Effect of two-photon absorption on the amplification of ultrashort optical pulses
Phys. Rev. E 48, 2316 – Published 1 September, 1993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.48.2316
Abstract
The effect of two-photon absorption on the amplification of ultrashort optical pulses is studied theoretically by solving a generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation. An input pulse can be simultaneously amplified and compressed, although the compression factor is smaller in the presence of two-photon absorption. The amplified pulse evolves toward a chirped soliton that is the solitary-wave solution of the underlying propagation equation. It can split into several chirped solitons whose number, width, and peak power depend on the amplifier parameters.
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