Visible sub-5-fs pulse generation by pulse-front-matched optical parametric amplification

Author

Shirakawa, Akira ; Sakane, I. ; Takasaka, M. ; Kobayashi, Takehiko

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Tokyo Univ., Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

86

Abstract

Summary form only given. Noncollinear optical parametric amplification (NOPA) is attracting a great deal of attention as a novel method of ultrashort pulse generation. We recently reported transform-limited sub-9-fs pulse generation with tunability both in the wide ranges of the visible and near-infrared by introducing the pulse-front-matched (PFM) geometry. Here we present successful operation of a full-bandwidth PFM-NOPA, which generates visible pulses of 4.7/spl plusmn/0.1 fs duration, the shortest visible pulses ever reported.

Keywords

optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase matching; optical pulse generation; optical tuning; 4.7 fs; BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/; full-bandwidth PFM-NOPA; noncollinear optical parametric amplification; pulse duration; pulse-front-matched geometry; pulse-front-matched optical parametric amplification; single filament continuum; transform-limited pulse generation; tunability; ultrashort pulse generation; visible pulses; visible sub-5-fs pulse generation; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.833919

Filename

833919