Donna Strickland
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<Donna Strickland> co-developed <chirped pulse amplification> with <Gérard Mourou>. In their 1985 experiment, an <optical fiber> broadened and stretched the <optical pulse>; amplification was followed by recompression using <diffraction gratings>. The reported output reached millijoule <energies> with a duration of about $2\times10^{-12}$ <seconds>. Stretching before amplification reduced the peak <power> encountered by the amplifier, making the final short, energetic <optical pulse> possible.<Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses by Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou>[Corrected 1985 paper, abstract and optical-fiber/amplifier/grating-compressor arrangement]{ref}
A <physicist> researching <laser> physics.<Donna Strickland by University of Waterloo>[Independent professional identity]{ref}
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