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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 3 — Jan. 30, 2012
  • pp: 3076–3081

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Two-color pumped OPCPA system emitting spectra spanning 1.5 octaves from VIS to NIR

Anne Harth, Marcel Schultze, Tino Lang, Thomas Binhammer, Stefan Rausch, and Uwe Morgner  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 3, pp. 3076-3081 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.003076


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Abstract

We present a two-color pumped OPCPA system which delivers an ultra-broadband spectrum spanning from 430 nm to 1.3 µm with a Fourier limited pulse duration of sub-3 fs and 1 µJ of pulse energy at a repetition rate of 200 kHz. All frequency components propagate on a common path, thus the spectral phase along the whole spectrum is well-defined. The inner part of the spectrum has been compressed to sub-5 fs pulses.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3280) Lasers and laser optics : Laser amplifiers
(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
(190.7110) Nonlinear optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
(320.7090) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast lasers

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: December 1, 2011
Revised Manuscript: January 13, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: January 15, 2012
Published: January 25, 2012

Citation
Anne Harth, Marcel Schultze, Tino Lang, Thomas Binhammer, Stefan Rausch, and Uwe Morgner, "Two-color pumped OPCPA system emitting spectra spanning 1.5 octaves from VIS to NIR," Opt. Express 20, 3076-3081 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-3-3076


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