Analysis of optical pulse propagation with two-by-two (<i>ABCD</i>) matrices
Analysis of optical pulse propagation with two-by-two (<i>ABCD</i>) matrices
We review and extend the analogies between Gaussian pulse propagation and Gaussian beam diffraction. In addition to the well-known parallels between pulse dispersion in optical fiber and cw beam diffraction in free space, we review temporal lenses as a way to describe nonlinearities in the propagation equations, and then introduce …