Laser-diode-seeded operation of a femtosecond optical parametric amplifier with MgO:LiNbO3 and generation of 5-cycle pulses near 3 μm
JOSA B, Vol. 16, Issue 9, pp. 1539-1545 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.16.001539
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Abstract
A high-power traveling-wave optical parametric amplifier based on MgO:LiNbO3 that is capable of producing extremely short pulses in the 3-μm spectral range when pumped by a femtosecond Ti:sapphire amplifier near 800 nm has been developed. With seeding by 1-ns pulses from a low-power Q-switched microlaser, we demonstrate idler tunability between 3.1 and 3.9 μm at >10-μJ pulse energy and <200-fs pulse duration. The maximum internal conversion efficiency is 40% for a single pass. The extremely high gain factors achieved permit a more compact solution for the seed source, and we also report on successful seeding with a pulsed laser diode in the femtosecond regime, achieving 5-μJ pulse energy and 130-fs pulse duration near 3.5 μm. We have produced nearly transform-limited 50-fs, 2-μJ pulses near 3 μm with a 1-mm-thick MgO:LiNbO3 sample by adding a second pass and employing sub-30-fs pumping.
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OCIS Codes
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
(190.4410) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, parametric processes
(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
(190.7110) Nonlinear optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
Citation
F. Rotermund, V. Petrov, F. Noack, M. Wittmann, and G. Korn, "Laser-diode-seeded operation of a femtosecond optical parametric amplifier with MgO:LiNbO3 and generation of 5-cycle pulses near 3 μm," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 1539-1545 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-16-9-1539
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