Title :
Generation of ultrashort optical vortex pulses using optical parametric amplification
Author :
Yamane, Keisaku ; Toda, Yasunori ; Morita, Ryuji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
The generation of 2.3-cycle, 5.9-fs, 56-μJ ultrashort optical-vortex pulses by optical parametric amplification was performed. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first generation of optical vortex pulses in the few-cycle regime.
Keywords :
optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical vortices; energy 56 muJ; optical parametric amplification; time 5.9 ps; ultrashort optical vortex pulses generation; Dispersion; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical vortices; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
