Parametric generators and amplifiers of ultrashort light pulses

Author

Piskarskas, A.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Quantum Electron. & Laser Res., Vilnius Univ., Lithuania

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

371

Abstract

Summary form only given, as follows. Optical parametric generators and amplifiers (OPG/OPA) offer the unique possibility to produce pico- and femtosecond pulses broadly tunable from 0.2 up to 20 micrometers. Ultra broadband noncollinear OPA provides the shortest 4.7 fs pulse as to date. The chirped pulse parametric amplification (CPPA) technique allows to scale-up an output energy of OPA and to reach TW or even PW power of femtosecond pulses. The author introduces the operation principles of OPG/OPA. The modification of spatial and temporal spectrum bandwidth with conical beams and tilted pulses is discussed. In conclusion the recent advances in OPG/OPA technology are pointed out.

Keywords

chirp modulation; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric devices; optical pulse generation; optical tuning; 0.2 to 20 mum; 4.7 fs; chirped pulse parametric amplification; conical beams; femtosecond pulses; operation principles; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric generators; output energy; parametric amplifiers; parametric generators; picosecond pulses; picowatt power; spatial spectrum bandwidth; temporal spectrum bandwidth; terawatt power; tilted pulses; ultra broadband noncollinear optical parametric amplifier; ultrashort light pulses; Broadband amplifiers; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907134

Filename

907134