Fivefold femtosecond pulse compression by sum frequency generation

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Nisoli, M [1 ]
DeSilvestri, S [1 ]
Valiulis, G [1 ]
Varanavicius, A [1 ]
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[1] VILNIUS STATE UNIV,LASER RES CTR,VILNIUS 2054,LITHUANIA
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10.1063/1.116523
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Pulse compression by sum frequency generation is demonstrated in femtosecond time domain with a type II phase matching BBO crystal. By frequency mixing in BBO crystal infrared signal and idler pulses of 160 fs duration generated by an optical parametric amplifier, sum frequency pulses as short as 34 fs were obtained. Experiments and computer simulations demonstrate the potential of this technique to produce ultrashort pulses with high conversion efficiency. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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