Efficient middle-infrared generation in LiGaS2 by simultaneous spectral broadening and difference-frequency generation

Chen, B-H.; Nagy, T. und Baum, P. (2018): Efficient middle-infrared generation in LiGaS2 by simultaneous spectral broadening and difference-frequency generation. In: Optics Letters, Bd. 43, Nr. 8: S. 1742-1745

Abstract

We report a surprisingly broadband and efficient midin-frared pulse generation in LiGaS2 (Langasite, LGS) by invoking a simultaneous interplay of intrapulse difference-frequency generation, self-phase modulation, and dispersion. This cascaded mechanism expands the output bandwidth and output power at the same time. With 30-fs driving pulses centered at 1030-nm wavelength we obtain a broadband middle-infrared spectrum of 8-11 mu m with an LGS crystal as thick as 4 mm, which is eight times longer than the walk-off length.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Physik
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
• ISSN: 0146-9592
• Sprache: Englisch