DocumentCode
376678
Title
Femtosecond pulse compression using cascaded second-order nonlinearities in lithium iodate
Author
Ashihara, S. ; Nishina, J. ; Shimura, T. ; Kuroda, K.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Ind. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Volume
2
fYear
2001
fDate
15-19 July 2001
Abstract
We report a femtosecond pulse compression using cascaded second-order nonlinearities. Pulse compression from 120 fs down to 67 fs is obtained by using lithium iodate crystal as a nonlinear medium.
Keywords
lithium compounds; optical Kerr effect; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical pulse compression; 120 to 67 fs; Kerr effect; LiIO/sub 3/; cascaded second-order nonlinearities; femtosecond pulse compression; lithium iodate crystal medium; nonlinear phase modulation; nonlinear phase shift; phase mismatch; second-order nonlinear susceptibility; short pulse evolution; spectrum broadening; Autocorrelation; Kerr effect; Lithium; Optical pulse compression; Optimized production technology; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Solids; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6738-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971058
Filename
971058
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