Title :
Advanced femtosecond optics for the UV-VIS-IR range
Author :
Pervak, V. ; Krausz, F. ; Apolonski, A.
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck-Inst. of Quantum Opt., Garching
Abstract :
The ultrabroadband chirped mirrors (Pervak et al., 2006) in combination with well-advanced spectral broadening technique open the door to the generation of mono-cycle laser pulses in the blue-visble-IR spectral range, will benefit the development of optical waveform and frequency-comb synthesizers. We report on a design and manufacturing of a complementary pair of ultrabroadband mirrors which has an average reflectivity of 87% in the wavelengths range 300-900 nm with residual group delay dispersion (GDD) ripples <100 fs2. The mirror pair allows one to compensate a chirp of the corresponding spectrum (with a smooth phase), resulting in 2.2-fs pulses.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser mirrors; optical design techniques; optical dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; reflectivity; spectral line broadening; advanced femtosecond optics; frequency-comb synthesizers; mono-cycle laser pulse generation; optical waveform synthesis; pulse compression; reflectivity; residual group delay dispersion; spectral broadening technique; time 2.2 fs; ultrabroadband chirped mirrors; wavelength 300 nm to 900 nm; Chirp; Delay lines; Dispersion; Mirrors; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Reflectivity; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386299
