Title :
3-Octave high-energy supercontinuum from visible to mid-IR
Author :
Silva, Francisco ; Austin, Dane R. ; Couairon, A. ; Bates, P.K. ; Biegert, J.
Author_Institution :
ICFO-Inst. de Cienc. Fotioniques, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 3-octave supercontinuum with spectral density ranging from 10pJ/nm to 25 nJ/nm over 500 nm to above 4.5 μm, generated through filamentation in bulk by CEP-stable 30 fs pulses centered at 2.1 μm.
Keywords :
infrared spectroscopy; supercontinuum generation; visible spectroscopy; 3-octave high-energy supercontinuum; CEP-stable pulses; filamentation; spectral density; Dispersion; Materials; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4