Title :
Generation of high-fidelity few-cycle pulses at 2 μm via XPW
Author :
Ricci, Aurélien ; Silva, Francisco ; Jullien, Aurélie ; Cousin, Seth ; Forget, Nicolas ; Austin, Dane ; Biegert, Jens ; Lopez-Martens, Rodrigo
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Opt. Appl., Ecole Nat. Super. des Tech. Av., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We demonstrate the generation of spectrally clean few-cycle pulses at 2.1 μm by shortening of 40 fs pulses via cross-polarized wave (XPW) generation. Single-shot autocorrelation traces show 20 fs pulse duration.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical pulse generation; cross-polarized wave generation; high fidelity few cycle pulses; optical pulse generation; single shot autocorrelation; wavelength 2 mum; wavelength 2.1 mum; Correlation; Crystals; Diamond-like carbon; Dispersion; Lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
