High-power, high-repetition-rate femtosecond pulses tunable in the ultraviolet

Author

Ghotbi, M. ; Esteban-Martin, A. ; Ebrahim-Zadeh, M.

Author_Institution

ICFO-Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Barcelona

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Efficient femtosecond pulse generation across 250-355 nm in the ultraviolet is reported by internal doubling of a visible optical parametric oscillator. An average power of 225 mW in 132-fs pulses at 76 MHz is demonstrated.

Keywords

laser beams; laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; average laser power; femtosecond pulse generation; high-repetition-rate femtosecond pulses tunability; internal frequency doubling; phase-matching condition; power 225 mW; pump power; time 132 fs; titanium:sapphire laser; ultraviolet region; visible optical parametric oscillator; wavelength 250 nm to 355 nm; Biomedical optical imaging; Frequency conversion; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Power generation; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics; 190.4360; 190.4400; 190.4970; 1902620;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

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

Type

conf

Filename

4571747