Ultrashort light pulse propagation in optical systems: an analysis based on the Wigner distribution function

Dobryna Zalvidea; Sergio Granieri; Enrique E. Sicre

doi:10.1117/12.437070

14 August 2001 Ultrashort light pulse propagation in optical systems: an analysis based on the Wigner distribution function

Dobryna Zalvidea, Sergio Granieri, Enrique E. Sicre

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Proceedings Volume 4419, 4th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 7th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.437070
Event: IV Iberoamerican Meeting of Optics and the VII Latin American Meeting of Optics, Lasers and Their Applications, 2001, Tandil, Argentina

Abstract

The expression of the field amplitude associated with ultra- short light pulses is analyzed using the phase-space formalism for the Wigner distribution function (WDF). By properly modifying the diffraction integral to take into account the dispersion effects, we derive a 2D WDF, from which the on-axis intensity is obtained for varying time and defocus. Thus, the behavior of the optical system can be visualized as a 3D irradiance display in a combined space- temporal domain. The performance of three different pupil functions are investigated, by comparing their imaging properties.

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Dobryna Zalvidea, Sergio Granieri, and Enrique E. Sicre "Ultrashort light pulse propagation in optical systems: an analysis based on the Wigner distribution function", Proc. SPIE 4419, 4th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 7th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications, (14 August 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.437070

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