Title :
Generation of high energy, ultrashort pulses in the near-IR with an OPA system based on BIBO
Author :
Ghotbi, Masood ; Beutler, Marcus ; Petrov, Valentin ; Noack, Frank ; Gaydardzhiev, Alexander
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Using a two stage, white-light seeded, collinear, femtosecond optical parametric amplifier based on BIBO crystal, sub-30-fs signal pulses with energies exceeding 200-muJ, corresponding to 5-fold pulse shortening and ~30% internal conversion efficiency, are generated.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; BIBO crystal; BiB3O6; femtosecond optical parametric amplifier; high-energy ultrashort pulse generation; laser pulse shortening; optical conversion efficiency; time 30 fs; white-light seeded collinear OPA system; Bandwidth; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Signal generators; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
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
