Title :
Spectral cleaning of few-cycle pulses via cross-polarized wave (XPW) generation
Author :
Jullien, A. ; Durfee, C.G. ; Trisorio, A. ; Canova, L. ; Rousseau, J.P. ; Mercier, B. ; Antonucci, L. ; Albert, O. ; Lopez-Martens, R.
Author_Institution :
ENSTA ParisTech, Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
The nonlinear contrast filtering technique XPW is applied to sub-10 fs pulses. The process can dramatically improve the spectral quality of the seed pulses, opening the way to the production of high-temporal quality few-cycle pulses.
Keywords :
barium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical filters; optical materials; optical pulse generation; BaF2; XPW; amplified short femtosecond pulse; anisotropic crystal; cross-polarized wave generation; nonlinear contrast filtering technique; spectral cleaning; Chirp; Cleaning; Filtering; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Ultrafast optics; 140.7090; 320.2250; 320.7110;
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
