Title :
Low-chirp Ti:sapphire amplification of OPO pulses near the Fourier transform limit
Author :
Baldwin, Kenneth G H ; Kono, Mitsuhiko ; He, Yabai ; White, Richard T. ; Orr, Brian J.
Author_Institution :
Res. Sch. of Phys. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
Output pulses from a Ti:sapphire-amplified OPO are shown to be nearly Fourier-transform-limited with little additional chirp. The power is sufficient to generate narrowband vacuum-ultraviolet radiation (using nonlinear-optical methods) for precision spectroscopy.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; chirp modulation; nonlinear optics; sapphire; titanium; Fourier transform limit; OPO pulses; Ti; frequency chirp; laser spectroscopy; low-chirp amplification; narrowband vacuum-ultraviolet radiation; nonlinear-optical methods; precision spectroscopy; Chirp; Fourier transforms; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Spectroscopy; Stimulated emission; Frequency chirp; TiS amplifier; laser spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292716
