Noise suppression in femtosecond mid-infrared light sources

被引：236

作者：

Hamm, P ^{[1
]}

Kaindl, RA ^{[1
]}

Stenger, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Max Born Inst Nichtlineare Opt & Kurzzeitspektros, D-12489 Berlin, Germany

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2000年 / 25卷 / 24期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.25.001798

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

An experimental and theoretical study of intrinsic correlations and noise-suppression mechanisms in two-stage femtosecond mid-IR light sources is presented. The setup, based on parametric amplification in BBO and subsequent difference-frequency mixing in AgGaS2, delivers similar to 100-fs mid-IR pulses with 1-2-muJ energy. Exceptionally low pulse-energy fluctuations of only 0.2% in the mid-IR (lambda approximate to 3-6 mum) are found, which are much smaller than the Ti:sapphire amplifer noise. The noise suppression is analyzed and found to stem from the interplay between dispersion and pump depletion. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：1798 / 1800

页数：3

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