A double OPA femtosecond laser system for transient absorption spectroscopy

被引:35
作者
Schweitzer, G [1 ]
Xu, L [1 ]
Craig, B [1 ]
DeSchryver, FC [1 ]
机构
[1] SPECTRA PHYS LASERS INC,MT VIEW,CA
关键词
transient absorption; femtosecond laser; optical parametric generation; optical parametric amplification;
D O I
10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00301-5
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a novel approach for femtosecond time reserved transient absorption spectroscopy in which we use an amplified laser system to pump two identical optical parametric generators/amplifiers at the same time. This scheme brings about several advantages: first, both pump and probe laser an independently tunable over a wide spectral range from 300 nm to 3 mu m, and second, a high time resolution (100 fs cross correlation width) is still achieved. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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页码:283 / 288
页数:6
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