MICROJOULE-ENERGY ULTRAFAST OPTICAL PARAMETRIC-AMPLIFIERS

被引:62
作者
REED, MK
STEINERSHEPARD, MK
ARMAS, MS
NEGUS, DK
机构
[1] Coherent Laser Group, Coherent Inc, Santa Clara, CA, 95054
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D O I
10.1364/JOSAB.12.002229
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Microjoule-energy 100-fs pulses are able to produce diffraction-limited white-light continuum in solid materials. Using this broadband continuum as a seed permits the efficient operation of widely tunable ultrafast optical parametric amplifiers with only microjoule pump energies. We describe a beta-barium-borate Type-I optical parametric amplifier pumped with 400-nm-wavelength pulses from a 200-kHz Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier system. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America
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页码:2229 / 2236
页数:8
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