Title :
Generation of ultrabroadband coherent infrared wave with 200 THz bandwidth using air plasma driven by intense sub 10 fs pulses
Author :
Matsubara, Eiichi ; Nagai, Masaya ; Ashida, Masaaki
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng. Sci., Osaka Univ., Toyonaka, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated the generation of infrared wave exceeding 200 THz through air plasma using sub-10-fs pulses produced by hollow fiber compression. Electro-optic sampling with 20-μm GaSe crystal assures the wave is coherent.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical fibres; optical harmonic generation; GaSe; air plasma; bandwidth 200 THz; electro-optic sampling; hollow fiber compression; size 20 mum; time 10 fs; ultrabroadband coherent infrared wave; Bandwidth; Chirp; Crystals; Earth Observing System; Optical fiber dispersion; Plasmas; Reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
