Title :
Fully efficient adiabatic downconversion of broadband Ti:Sapphire oscillator pulses
Author :
Moses, Jeffrey ; Kärtner, Franz X. ; Suchowski, Haim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate adiabatic downconversion of a 110-nm band from a Ti:sapphire oscillator to the infrared, spanning 1550-2450 nm, with near-100% efficiency. The technique can potentially deliver multi-octave-spanning pulses for parametric amplification.
Keywords :
infrared sources; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; sapphire; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; Ti:sapphire oscillator; adiabatic downconversion; broadband oscillator pulses; multioctave-spanning pulses; parametric amplification; wavelength 1550 nm to 2450 nm; Broadband amplifiers; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Oscillators; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
