Apparatus and method for delivery of dispersion compensated ultrashort optical pulses with high peak power

An apparatus for delivering ultrashort optical pulses with high peak power to an optical device, comprising:

• a pulse stretcher which receives ultrashort optical pulses having high peak power and which expands a pulse width of the optical pulses;
• an optical fiber which transmits the expanded optical pulses over a desired length;
• a pulse compressor which compresses the pulse width of the optical pulses transmitted through the optical fiber, and which introduces a dispersion that compensates for other dispersions in the apparatus and the optical device, such that the optical pulses are fully recompressed at a desired point in the optical device.

An apparatus for delivering ultrashort optical pulses with high peak power to an optical device, comprising:

• a periodically poled non-linear frequency converter which receives ultrashort optical pulses having high peak power, said periodically poled non-linear frequency converter expanding a pulse width of the optical pulses and changing a frequency of said optical pulses;
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• an optical fiber which transmits the optical pulses over a desired length, said optical fiber having a dispersion that compensates for other dispersions in the apparatus affecting the optical pulses, such that the optical pulses are fully recompressed at a desired point in the optical device.

An apparatus for delivering ultrashort optical pulses with high peak power to an optical device, comprising:

• a pulse stretcher which receives ultrashort optical pulses having high peak power and which expands a pulse width of the optical pulses;
• an optical fiber which transmits the expanded optical pulses over a desired length and which introduces a dispersion that compensates for other dispersions in the apparatus and the optical device, such that the optical pulses are fully recompressed at a desired point in the optical device.

An apparatus for delivering ultrashort optical pulses with high peak power to an optical device, comprising:

• a source of chirped optical pulse;
• a dispersion compensator for compensating the chirp of said pulses, and including at leastone jof a compressor and an optical fiber which introduces a dispersion that compensates for other dispersions in the apparatus and the optical device, such that the optical pulses are fully recompressed at a desired point in the optical device.