• DocumentCode
    1771703
  • Title

    Generation of 17-µJ mid-infrared ultrafast laser pulses by SiC crystal based noncollinear optical parametric amplifier

  • Author

    Haitao Fan ; Chunhua Xu ; Zhaohua Wang ; Gang Wang ; Xiaolong Chen ; Zhiyi Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Beijing Nat. Lab. for Condensed Matter Phys., Inst. of Phys., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A femtosecond OPA system for mid-infrared ultrafast laser is established. Pulse energy of 17-μJ is obtained from SiC crystal at central wavelength of 3.75-μm, which proves SiC an ideal nonlinear crystal for mid-infrared pulse generation.
  • Keywords
    nonlinear optics; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; SiC; SiC crystal; energy 17 muJ; femtosecond OPA system; midinfrared ultrafast laser pulse generation; noncollinear optical parametric amplifier; nonlinear crystal; pulse energy; wavelength 3.75 mum; Crystals; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Silicon carbide; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989565