DocumentCode
689410
Title
Octave-spanning coherent Mid-IR generation via a single adiabatically chirped grating
Author
Suchowski, Haim ; Krogen, Peter R. ; Huang, S.-W. ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Moses, Jeffrey
Author_Institution
NSF Nanoscale Sci. & Eng. Center, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
A prototype single-crystal device efficiently converts a μJ-energy near-IR OPA pulse to the mid-IR by adiabatic frequency conversion, generating an octave-spanning pulse covering the 2-5-μm range and suggesting wide applicability to existing laser systems.
Keywords
diffraction gratings; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; μJ-energy near-IR OPA pulse; adiabatic frequency conversion; laser systems; octave-spanning coherent mid-IR generation; octave-spanning pulse; prototype single-crystal device; single adiabatically chirped grating; wavelength 2 mum to 5 mum; Broadband amplifiers; Chirp; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833794
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