Wavelength tuning of femtosecond pulses generated in nonlinear crystals by using diffractive lenses
Optics Letters, Vol. 35, Issue 21, pp. 3694-3696 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.003694
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Abstract
We demonstrate that diffractive lenses (DLs) can be used as a simple method to tune the central wavelength of femtosecond pulses generated from second-order nonlinear optical processes in birefringent crystals. The wavelength tunability is achieved by changing the relative distance between the nonlinear crystal and the DL, which acts in a focusing configuration. Besides the many practical applications of the so-generated pulses, the proposed method might be extended to other wavelength ranges by demonstrated similar effects on other nonlinear processes, such as high-order harmonic generation.
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OCIS Codes
(050.0050) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction and gratings
(120.6200) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Spectrometers and spectroscopic instrumentation
(190.4410) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, parametric processes
(190.7110) Nonlinear optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics
History
Original Manuscript: June 25, 2010
Revised Manuscript: September 14, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: October 7, 2010
Published: October 28, 2010
Citation
G. Mínguez-Vega, C. Romero, O. Mendoza-Yero, J. R. Vázquez de Aldana, R. Borrego-Varillas, C. Méndez, P. Andrés, J. Lancis, V. Climent, and L. Roso, "Wavelength tuning of femtosecond pulses generated in nonlinear crystals by using diffractive lenses," Opt. Lett. 35, 3694-3696 (2010)
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