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Generation of energetic femtosecond green pulses based on an OPCPA-SFG schemeM. Mero, A. Sipos, G. Kurdi, and K. Osvay »View Author Affiliations
M. Mero,1,*
A. Sipos,2
G. Kurdi,1
and K. Osvay2
1HAS Research Group on Laser Physics, Dom ter 9, 6720 Szeged, Hungary 2Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics, University of Szeged, Dom ter 9, 6720 Szeged, Hungary *Corresponding author: mmero@titan.physx.u-szeged.hu |
Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 10, pp. 9646-9655 (2011)
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Abstract
Femtosecond green pulses were generated from broadband pulses centered at 800 nm and quasi-monochromatic pulses centered at 532 nm using noncollinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (NOPCPA) followed by sum frequency mixing. In addition to amplifying the 800-nm pulses, the NOPCPA stage pumped by a Q-switched, injection seeded Nd:YAG laser also provided broadband idler pulses at 1590 nm. The signal and idler pulses were sum frequency mixed using achromatic and chirp assisted phase matching yielding pulses near 530 nm with a bandwidth of 12 nm and an energy in excess of 200 μJ. The generated pulses were recompressed with a grating compressor to a duration of 150 fs. The technique is scalable to high energies, broader bandwidths, and shorter pulse durations with compensation for higher order chirps and dedicated engineering of the interacting beams.
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(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
(190.4223) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear wave mixing
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History
Original Manuscript: March 7, 2011
Revised Manuscript: April 22, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: April 22, 2011
Published: May 3, 2011
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M. Mero, A. Sipos, G. Kurdi, and K. Osvay, "Generation of energetic femtosecond green pulses based on an OPCPA-SFG scheme," Opt. Express 19, 9646-9655 (2011)
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