Space-time wave packets (STWPs) constitute a broad class of pulsed optical fields that are
rigidly transported in linear media without diffraction or dispersion, and are therefore …

The petawatt (PW) laser has experienced a rapid development in the past two decades, and
tens of giant facilities have been constructed worldwide. After realizing 10–100 PW, it seems …

We present a grating pair based on Carpenter prisms whose third-order dispersion is
opposite that of a traditional grating pair. A properly designed stretcher–compressor system …

We present a detailed description of the design, construction, and performance of high-
power ultrafast Yb: fiber laser frequency combs in operation in our laboratory. We discuss …

This review is concerned with pulse stretchers and compressors as key components of ultra-
high power laser facilities that take advantage of chirped-pulse amplification. The …

The aberration-free characteristic endows the double-grating Offner stretcher with the
advantages of good beam quality and perfect-dispersion-match with conjugated Treacy …

Conventional diffractive and dispersive devices introduce angular dispersion (AD) into
pulsed optical fields, thus producing so-called 'tilted pulse fronts'. Naturally, it is always …

Harmonic seeding of free electron lasers has attracted significant attention as a method for
producing transform-limited pulses in the soft x-ray region. Harmonic multiplication schemes …

Angular dispersion can counterbalance normal group‐velocity dispersion (GVD) that
increases the wave‐vector length in a dispersive medium. By tilting the wave vector, angular …

We present an implementation of spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field
reconstruction (SPIDER) which characterizes ultrashort optical pulses in the spectral or …