Second-Harmonic Generation of Super Powerful Femtosecond Pulses Under Strong Influence of Cubic Nonlinearity

Author

Mironov, Sergey Yu ; Lozhkarev, Vladimir V. ; Ginzburg, Vladislav N. ; Yakovlev, Ivan V. ; Luchinin, Grigory ; Shaykin, Andrey ; Khazanov, Efim A. ; Babin, Alexey ; Novikov, Eugeny ; Fadeev, Sergey ; Sergeev, Alexander M. ; Mourou, Gerard A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Volume

18

Issue

1

fYear

2012

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

13

Abstract

A theoretical model of second-harmonic generation (SHG) under strong influence of cubic nonlinearity was verified in experiment. Effective energy conversion in thin potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystals at peak intensity up to 5 TW/cm² (B-integral equaled 6.4) was demonstrated and no crystal damage was observed. Comparative analysis of SHG of radiation at the fundamental wavelengths of 910 and 800 nm showed the major advantages of the first one. The double-pass geometry of SHG in an ultrathin crystal on a substrate is discussed in detail. Additional correction of parabolic spectral phase of the SH radiation allows pulse duration to be shortened from 20 to 9 fs for 910 nm fundamental wavelength and from 20 to 12 fs for 800 nm.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; optical harmonic generation; optical self-focusing; potassium compounds; crystal damage; cubic nonlinearity; energy conversion; parabolic spectral phase; potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystals; second-harmonic generation; super powerful femtosecond pulses; wavelength 800 nm; wavelength 910 nm; Crystals; Dispersion; Frequency conversion; Laser beams; Noise; Nonlinear optics; Ultrafast optics; Frequency conversion; nonlinear optics; nonlinearities; self-focusing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2071375

Filename

5607343