Efficient noncollinear parametric amplification of weak femtosecond pulses in the visible and near-infrared spectral range

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作者
Krylov, V [1 ]
Ollikainen, O
Gallus, J
Wild, U
Rebane, A
Kalintsev, A
机构
[1] ETH Zentrum, Phys Chem Lab, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
[2] Montana State Univ, Dept Phys, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA
[3] SI Vavilov State Opt Inst, St Petersburg 199034, Russia
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10.1364/OL.23.000100
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report measurement of efficient amplification of weak femtosecond supercontinuum seed pulses by use of a noncollinear optical parametric process in BBO crystal pumped with 150-fs pulses from a frequency-doubled regenerative-amplified Ti:sapphire laser at 390 nm. The highest amplification factor, 10(8), was achieved for 3 x 10(-16) J energy seed pulses at wavelength of 560 nm (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.
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