Mirror-dispersion-controlled OPA: a compact tool for sub-10-fs spectroscopy in the visible

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作者
Cerullo, G [1 ]
Nisoli, M
Stagira, S
De Silvestri, S
Tempea, G
Krausz, F
Ferencz, K
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Mat, CNR, CEQSE, Dipartimento Fis,Politecn, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[2] Vienna Univ Technol, Quantenelektr & Lasertech Abt, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
[3] Hungarian Acad Sci, Solid State Phys Res Inst, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary
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APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2000年 / 70卷 / Suppl 1期
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10.1007/s003400000283
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on a sub-10-fs optical parametric amplifier in the visible, using noncollinear phase matching in B-barium berate, with a pulse compressor made exclusively of chirped dielectric mirrors. We employ mirrors of novel design, providing negative group delay dispersion for bandwidths of over 200 THz, up to the blue-green spectral region. The resulting setup, compact, easy to operate and reliable, is an ideal tool for ultrafast spectroscopy with extremely high time resolution. We use these pulses to observe in the time domain coherent oscillations in organic molecules with period as short as 16 fs.
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