Title :
Tunable supercontinuum-seeded 130fs OPA for NIR and MIR with 25 nJ pulse energy and 5 MHz repetition rate
Author :
Hansel, Thomas ; Kohler, W. ; Assion, Andreas ; Bethge, J. ; Buttner, Edlef
Author_Institution :
Angewandte Phys. und Elektron. GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A novel 5MHz OPA based femtosecond light source tunable in the NIR and MIR spectral region with 25nJ maximum pulse energy is presented. The system generates a supercontinuum in a YAG-crystal for self-seeding.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; laser tuning; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; supercontinuum generation; yttrium compounds; MIR spectral region; NIR spectral region; OPA based femtosecond light source; YAG; YAG-crystal; energy 25 nJ; maximum pulse energy; self-seeding; time 130 fs; tunable supercontinuum-seeded OPA; Chirp; Crystals; Optical frequency conversion; Oscillators; Tuning; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
