Title :
Chirped-pulse cascaded quadratic compression of millijoule-energy, 35-fs pulses
Author :
Moses, J.A. ; Wise, F.W. ; Vuong, L. ; Grow, T. ; Gaeta, A. ; Nees, J. ; Hong, K.-H. ; Hou, B. ; Mourou, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
A new concept - chirped-pulse cascade-compression - is proposed and demonstrated. Initial experiments agree with numerical simulations, including compression of 35 fs, 1.2 mJ-pulses to 20 fs. Scaling to higher pulse energies and compression ratios will be possible.
Keywords :
antireflection coatings; boron compounds; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; numerical analysis; optical materials; optical pulse compression; 1.2 mJ; 20 fs; 35 fs; BBO; BBO crystals; BaB2O4; anti-reflection coatings; chirped-pulse cascaded quadratic compression; numerical simulation; Chirp; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Quantum cascade lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201990
