• DocumentCode
    447842
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    28
  • 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 >80 nm bandwidth.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; lithium compounds; magnesium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; solid lasers; 1.55 micron; LiNbO3:MgO; aperiodically poled lithium niobate; chirped frequency conversion; chirped-pulse amplification approach; femtosecond-seeded optical parametric amplifier; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Chirp; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201665
  • Filename
    1572731
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=447842