Production of 30-fs pulses tunable throughout the visible spectral region by a new technique in optical parametric amplification

被引:43
作者
Sosnowski, TS
Stephens, PB
Norris, TB
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[1] Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2099
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10.1364/OL.21.000140
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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A multipass optical parametric amplifier is pumped by a 250-kHz microjoule-level Ti-sapphire regenerative amplifier system. Tuning each pass of the amplifier to provide gain for slightly different spectral regions of a white-Light continuum source produces broadband pulses that may be compressed to less than 30 fs. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America
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