Sub-20-fs tunable pulses in the visible and NIR by noncollinear optical parametric amplification (NOPA)

Lochbrunner, Stefan; Wilhelm, T.; Piel, J.; Spörlein, S.; Riedle, Eberhard (1999): Sub-20-fs tunable pulses in the visible and NIR by noncollinear optical parametric amplification (NOPA). Advanced Solid-State Lasers, 31 January–3 February 1999, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Abstract

Generation of tunable sub-20-fs visible pulses is demonstrated by optical parametric amplification of a white light continuum in a 2 mm thick BBO crystal. The necessary broad amplification bandwidth is ensured by noncollinear type I phase matching. The proper angle between the seed light and the second harmonic of the Ti:sapphire pump light leads to an effective matching of the signal and idler group velocities. Above the degeneracy point this is not possible in the type I arrangement but it is shown that type II phase matching can be used instead to produce similarly short pulses in the NIR.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
• Published in: Trends in Optics and Photonics, No. TuA4, Vol. 26, 1999: pp. 366-371
• Faculties: Physics
• Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
• ISSN: 1094-5695
• Language: English