OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION OF FEMTOSECOND PULSES TUNABLE FROM THE BLUE TO THE INFRARED WITH MICROJOULE ENERGIES

被引:29
作者
GREENFIELD, SR [1 ]
WASIELEWSKI, MR [1 ]
机构
[1] NORTHWESTERN UNIV,DEPT CHEM,EVANSTON,IL 60208
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 15期
关键词
FEMTOSECOND PULSES; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; FREQUENCY CONVERSION;
D O I
10.1364/AO.34.002688
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A white-light continuum is used to seed a two-stage optical parametric amplifier pumped by the second harmonic of a regeneratively amplified Ti:sapphire laser system operating at 824 nm. Microjoule energies are achieved in the signal branch, which is tunable from 472 to 785 nm. Near-transform-limited sub-200-fs pulses are attainable over the vast majority of the tuning range.
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页码:2688 / 2691
页数:4
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