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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
