Generation of Sub-20fs ultraviolet pulses with achromatic phase-matching sum frequency mixing

Author

Jiang, Yongliang ; Zhao, Baozhen ; Sueda, Keiich ; Miyanaga, Noriaki ; Kobayashi, Takayoshi

Author_Institution

Int. Cooperative Res. Project (ICORP), Japan Sci. & Technol. Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

17.4 fs ultraviolet pulses with 400 nJ energy were generated by sum frequency mixing of 805 nm pulses and ultra-broadband visible pulses. Angular dispersion was introduced to achieve broadband phase-matching.

Keywords

laser beams; optical dispersion; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical prisms; optical pulse generation; achromatic phase-matching; angular dispersion; broadband phase-matching; energy 400 nJ; femtosecond ultraviolet pulse generation; prism pair; second harmonic generation; sum frequency mixing; time 17.4 fs; ultra-broadband visible pulse; ultrashort laser pulse; wavelength 805 nm; Chemical lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; (140.3610) Lasers, ultraviolet; (190.4970) Parametric Oscillators and Amplifiers; (320.7110) 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

5225731