Title :
Tunable and near-fourier-limited few-cycle mid-IR pulses via an adiabatically chirped difference frequency grating
Author :
Krogen, Peter R. ; Suchowski, Haim ; Stein, George Juraj ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Moses, Jeffrey
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A μJ-level source of few-cycle, mid-IR pulses tunable over 2-4 microns is demonstrated based on adiabatic difference frequency generation. This opens up the possibility for single-cycle mid-IR pulses controllable by a near-IR phase shaper.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse generation; μJ-level source; adiabatic difference frequencγ generation; adiabatically chirped difference frequency grating; near-Fourier-limited few-cycle mid-IR pulses; near-IR phase shaper; single-cycle mid-IR pulses; tunable few-cycle mid-IR pulses; Chirp; Crystals; Dispersion; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical variables measurement; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
