Title :
Ultrabroadband Femtosecond Continuum Amplification in Crystals of Bismuth Triborate
Author :
Nikolov, Ivailo ; Buchvarov, Ivan ; Noack, Frank ; Petrov, Valentin ; Tzankov, Pancho
Author_Institution :
Sofia Univ., Sofia
Abstract :
Ultrabroadband amplification of white-light continuum in the near-IR (~100 THz, 1.2- 2.4 mum) is demonstrated in BiB3O6, pumped by 45 fs long pulses at 800 nm, achieving an energy of 50 muJ at 1 kHz.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; energy 50 muJ; frequency 1 kHz; monoclinic nonlinear crystal; optical parametric amplification; ultrabroadband femtosecond continuum amplification; wavelength 800 nm; white-light continuum; Bandwidth; Bismuth; Crystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Spectroscopy; 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.2007.4452637