• DocumentCode
    1650586
  • Title

    Mid-IR self-compression to few-cycles in bulk material

  • Author

    Hemmer, Michaël ; Baudisch, Matthias ; Thai, Alexandre ; Biegert, Jens

  • Author_Institution
    ICFO-Inst. de Ciences Fotoniques, Castelldefels, Spain
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on the self-compression of 10-cycle mid-IR optical pulses to ~5 cycle duration at 3.1 μm center wavelength with up to 3 μJ energy in Yttrium Aluminum garnet (YAG).
  • Keywords
    infrared spectra; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; YAG; bulk material; midinfrared self-compression; optical parametric amplifiers; wavelength 3.1 mum; Chirp; Laser beams; Lenses; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Telescopes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325542