• DocumentCode
    688992
  • Title

    Four-wave optical parametric amplification in a Gas towards an octave amplification bandwidth

  • Author

    Kida, Yuichiro ; Imasaka, Totaro

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Chem., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Four-wave optical parametric amplification in a gas allows amplification of an octave-spanning supercontinuum. As a proof-of-principle experiment, amplification of a continuum in a spectral range of 520-700 nm with a gain exceeding thirty is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    multiwave mixing; optical parametric amplifiers; supercontinuum generation; four-wave optical parametric amplification; gas; octave amplification bandwidth; octave-spanning supercontinuum amplification; wavelength 520 nm to 700 nm; Decision support systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833372