Title :
Generation of tunable mid-infrared femtosecond pulses by seeded parametric amplification in KTP
Author :
Petrov, Valentin ; Noack, Ferenc
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Here we report on the performance of a single-stage KTiOPO/sub 4/ based optical parametric amplifier (OPA) above 3 /spl mu/m with reduced requirements on the pump levels because of the seeding applied, which in addition facilitates the generation of narrow bandwidths and transform-limited pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; potassium compounds; tuning; 3 mum; KTP; KTiOPO/sub 4/; narrow bandwidth; pump levels; seeded parametric amplification; single-stage KTiOPO/sub 4/ based optical parametric amplifier; transform-limited pulses; tunable mid-infrared femtosecond pulse generation; Bandwidth; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
