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Ultrafast Pulse Toolbox

The numbers an ultrafast lab needs daily: material GVD and TOD from Sellmeier equations, pulse broadening through glass, transform-limited bandwidth, and autocorrelation deconvolution.

v0.1.0·Updated 2026-07-18
Model & Assumptions Beta
Model
Sellmeier dispersion with published coefficients (Malitson, SCHOTT, Zelmon — cited per material). β₂ = (λ³/2πc²)·d²n/dλ²; β₃ from the third derivative. Gaussian broadening τ = τ₀√(1+(4ln2·GDD/τ₀²)²).
Assumptions
Transform-limited input pulse; linear propagation (no self-phase modulation); broadening from GDD only — TOD is reported but not folded into the width. Time–bandwidth products: 0.441 (Gaussian), 0.315 (sech²).
Limitations
Sellmeier fits are valid inside each material's quoted range; no nonlinear effects, no chirped inputs, no absorption.
Parameters

Rule of thumb. A pulse survives GDD while τ₀² ≫ 4ln2·GDD. Short pulses are fragile: 10 fs doubles in ~1 mm of glass at 800 nm; 100 fs barely notices 10 mm.

GDD fs²
τout fs (×)
TL bandwidth nm FWHM
Autocorr. fs FWHM

Material GVD vs wavelength
Output vs input FWHM through L at λ₀
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