High repetition rate two-color pump-probe system directly pumped by a femtosecond ytterbium oscillator

Author

Manzoni, Cristian ; Osellame, Roberto ; Marangoni, Marco ; Cerullo, Giulio ; Schultze, Marcel ; Morgner, Uwe

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fis., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

By exploiting optical parametric generation in periodically poled lithium niobate driven by a Yb:KYW laser, we realized a two-colour pump-probe system in the near- and mid-infrared with 1-MHz repetition rate, 300-fs resolution and 10^-5 sensitivity.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric oscillators; potassium compounds; ytterbium; KYW:Yb; femtosecond ytterbium oscillator; frequency 1 MHz; optical parametric generation; periodically poled lithium niobate; time 300 fs; two-color pump-probe system; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; Ytterbium; (160.3730) Lithium niobate; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (320.7150) Ultrafast spectroscopy;

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

5225634