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A description of a new method of optical pulse compression, named the dispersive modulator, is given. In this device, amplitude modulation and temporal compression of light were achieved by passage through a Stark-modulated, near-resonant dispersive medium. The relationship between the dispersive modulator and the chirp compression scheme is discussed. Experimental results on modulation of 10-μ CO 2 and N 2 O laser light, including a case where 100 percent modulation was observed, are presented.
M. M. T. Loy (1977) studied this question.