Abstract

We derive an analytical solution for a self-phase-modulated and self-steepened pulse propagating in a nonlinear medium with material relaxation. We use this solution to obtain the pulse spectrum and the Fourier transform of the Young interferometric intensity distribution.

© 1989 Optical Society of America

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