An optical fiber delivery system for delivering ultrashort optical pulses
that can efficiently transmit high peak power, ultrashort optical pulses
from an optical pulse source to a desired position in an optical
apparatus is provided. An optical system including such an optical fiber
delivery system is also provided. The optical fiber delivery system
includes light waveguide means 20 for receiving high-peak power,
ultrashort optical pulses and transmitting the optical pulses, negative
group-velocity dispersion generation means 30 for providing negative
group-velocity dispersion to the optical pulses transmitted through the
light waveguide means 20, and an optical fiber 40 that transmits the
optical pulses transmitted through the negative group-velocity dispersion
generation means 30 along a desired distance. The incident ultrashort
optical pulses that have been injected into the light waveguide means 20
are converted into down-chirped pulses.