Tunable narrow-bandwidth picosecond pulses by spectral compression of femtosecond pulses in second-order nonlinear crystals

Author

Marangoni, M. ; Brida, D. ; Cirmi, G. ; Manzoni, C. ; Cerullo, G. ; Fusaro, D. ; Pigozzo, F.M. ; Capobianco, A.D. ; Baronio, F. ; Conforti, M. ; Angelis, C. De

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fis., Politec. di Milano, Milan

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We exploit second-harmonic generation with large group velocity mismatch to efficiently convert femtosecond pulses into tunable narrowband picosecond pulses. The temporal shape of the picosecond pulses can be tailored by engineering the aperiodically poled crystal.

Keywords

laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; femtosecond pulse spectral compression; group velocity mismatch; picosecond pulse tuning; second-harmonic generation; second-order nonlinear crystals; Bandwidth; Frequency conversion; Narrowband; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Ultrafast optics; (190.4410) Nonlinear optics, parametric processes; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (320.5390) Picosecond phenomena;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572127