Femtosecond nonlinear frequency conversion using BiB3O6 crystals from 250 nm in the UV to 3000 nm in the near-IR

Author

Petrov, Valentin

Author_Institution

Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Relevant properties of BIBO are reviewed and experimental results are presented on both parametric up- and down-conversion of femtosecond pulses, from the high-energy, low-repetition-rate (1-kHz) to the low-energy, high-repetition-rate (56-76-MHz) regime, demonstrating its unique versatility.

Keywords

bismuth compounds; high-speed optical techniques; optical frequency conversion; BIBO crystal; BiB₃O₆; IR wavelength; UV wavelength; femtosecond nonlinear frequency conversion; frequency 1 kHz; frequency 56 MHz to 76 MHz; parametric down-conversion; parametric up-conversion; wavelength 250 nm to 3000 nm; Bandwidth; Crystalline materials; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; (190.4400) Nonlinear optics, materials; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225189