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Description: Time evolution of a short pulse in a dispersive medium (k=w^2) showing that the longer wavelength components travel faster than the high frequency ones, resulting in chirping and pulse stretching.
Title: Optical dispersion dynamics
Credit: https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1077269477211934721
Author: Jacopo Bertolotti
Permission: https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1030470604418428929
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License: CC0
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