Title :
Multi-octave-spanning laser harmonics for ultrafast waveform synthesis
Author :
Hsu, Wei-Chun ; Lai, Ying-Yao ; Lai, Chien-Jen ; Peng, Lung-Han ; Pan, Ci-Ling ; Kung, A.H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Atomic & Mol. Sci., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
The second to the fifth harmonics of a fundamental frequency are generated in a lithium tantalate crystal by cascaded quasi-phase-matched frequency mixing. These harmonics can be used to synthesize a train of periodic sub-femtosecond pulses.
Keywords :
Fluctuations; Frequency conversion; Frequency synthesizers; Laser mode locking; Lithium compounds; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Photonics; Power system harmonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
