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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 3 — Jan. 30, 2012
  • pp: 2136–2142

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Efficient spectral shift and compression of femtosecond pulses by parametric amplification of chirped light

Michał Nejbauer and Czesław Radzewicz  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 3, pp. 2136-2142 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.002136


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Abstract

We present a method for an efficient spectral shift and compression of pulses from a femtosecond laser system. The method enables generation of broadly tunable (615 – 985 nm) narrow bandwidth (≈10 cm−1) pulses from the femtosecond pulses at 1030 nm. It employs a direct parametric amplification – without spectral filtering – of highly chirped white light by a narrow bandwidth (<5 cm−1) 515 nm pump pulse. The system, when pumped with just 200 μJ of the fundamental femtosecond pulse energy, generates pulses with energies of 3-9 μJ and an excellent beam quality in the entire tuning range.

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OCIS Codes
(300.6530) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, ultrafast
(320.5390) Ultrafast optics : Picosecond phenomena
(320.7090) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast lasers
(190.4975) Nonlinear optics : Parametric processes

ToC Category:
Ultrafast Optics

History
Original Manuscript: November 7, 2011
Revised Manuscript: December 24, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: December 27, 2011
Published: January 17, 2012

Citation
Michał Nejbauer and Czesław Radzewicz, "Efficient spectral shift and compression of femtosecond pulses by parametric amplification of chirped light," Opt. Express 20, 2136-2142 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-3-2136


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