Title :
Ultrabroadband femtosecond continuum generation in crystals of bismuth triborate
Author :
Gaydardzhiev, Alexander ; Nikolov, Ivailo ; Buchvarov, Ivan ; Noack, Frank ; Petrov, Valentin
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Phys., Sofia Univ., Sofia
Abstract :
Ultrabroadband generation of white-light continuum in the near-IR (~135 THz, 1.15-2.4 mum) is demonstrated in BiB3O6, pumped by 45 fs long pulses at 800 nm, achieving an energy of 15 muJ at 1 kHz.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; high-speed optical techniques; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; supercontinuum generation; BiB3O6; bismuth triborate crystal; energy 15 muJ; optical parametric amplification; optical pumping; time 45 fs; ultrabroadband femtosecond continuum generation; wavelength 1.15 mum to 2.4 mum; wavelength 800 nm; white-light continuum; Bismuth; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
