Abstract
A myriad of existing and emerging applications could benefit from coherent and broadband mid-infrared (MIR) light. Yet, existing tabletop sources are often complex or sensitive to interferometric optical misalignment. Here we demonstrate a significantly simplified scheme of broadband MIR generation by cascading the intra-pulse difference-frequency generation process in a specific nonlinear crystal. This allows pulses generated directly from mode-locked lasers to be used without further nonlinear temporal compression. The system, together with the driving beam, can provide an ultra-broadband coherent radiation coverage ranging from 2 to 17 mu m with femtosecond pulse durations. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of cascaded DFG in the MIR range, which brings emerging time-domain spectroscopic techniques closer to real-world applications. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Faculties: | Physics |
Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
ISSN: | 0146-9592 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 82831 |
Date Deposited: | 15. Dec 2021, 15:03 |
Last Modified: | 15. Dec 2021, 15:03 |