Title :
Energy scaling of a white-light-seeded noncollinear optical parametric amplifier
Author :
Zheng, J. ; Mero, M. ; Tzankov, P. ; Polli, D. ; Manzoni, C. ; Cerullo, G.
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin
Abstract :
Scaling of the pulse energy of a white-light-continuum-seeded two-stage noncollinear optical parametric amplifier to the 300-muJ level is demonstrated. Sub-25-fs pulses tunable between 520 and 650 nm were generated at 1 kHz.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical parametric amplifiers; energy 300 muJ; frequency 1 kHz; pulse energy scaling; time 25 fs; two-stage noncollinear optical parametric amplifier; wavelength 520 nm; wavelength 650 nm; white-light-continuum-seeded optical parametric amplifier; white-light-seeded noncollinear optical parametric amplifier; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452563
