• DocumentCode
    2898898
  • Title

    Broadband femtosecond-seeded optical parametric amplifier based on chirped frequency conversion in MgO:APPLN

  • Author

    Tillman, Karl A. ; Reid, Derryck T.

  • Author_Institution
    Ultrafast Opt. Group, Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    348
  • Abstract
    A femtosecond-seeded optical parametric amplifier based on MgO:APPLN is described which employs a chirped-pulse amplification approach to produce a low coherence length, nanosecond output at 1.55 μm with a FWHM bandwidth of 100 nm.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; magnesium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric amplifiers; LiNbO3:MgO; MgO:APPLN; broadband femtosecond-seeded optical parametric amplifier; chirped frequency conversion; Broadband amplifiers; Chirp; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8974-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568129
  • Filename
    1568129
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2898898