Solitonlike pulse shortening in a femtosecond parametric amplifier
Optics Letters, Vol. 23, Issue 8, pp. 627-629 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.23.000627
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Abstract
We demonstrate numerically that simultaneous second-harmonic generation and moderate group-velocity mismatch can lead to spontaneous nonlinear shortening during parametric amplification. As an experimental proof we present the results of twofold self-compression of signal pulses in a β-barium borate parametric amplifier pumped by either 40- or 80-fs pulses from a Ti:sapphire laser.
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OCIS Codes
(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
(320.2250) Ultrafast optics : Femtosecond phenomena
Citation
Stéphane Fournier, Rodrigo López-Martens, Catherine Le Blanc, Emmanuel Baubeau, and Francois Salin, "Solitonlike pulse shortening in a femtosecond parametric amplifier," Opt. Lett. 23, 627-629 (1998)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-23-8-627
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