title: Pulse compression beyond the Fourier-transform limit.
abstract: Theories of a technique for compression of an ultrashort femtosecond laser pulse beyond its Fourier-transform limit based on the pulse shaping technique are proposed. The technique is called superresolution in time domain (STD). Global optimization theories for the design of a mask to modulate the spectrum of an input pulse to obtain a STD output pulse are proposed. Several design examples illustrate the feasibility of STD. Some fundamental limits of STD are also provided.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. liuht@nankai.edu.cn
authors.forename: Haitao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Guoguang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Lie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Zhongwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fan