• DocumentCode
    1687515
  • Title

    Multi-octave supercontinuum from bulk filamentation of a mid-IR pulse

  • Author

    Baudisch, M. ; Silva, F. ; Austin, D. ; Thai, A. ; Hemmer, M. ; Couairon, A. ; Biegert, J.

  • Author_Institution
    ICFO-Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Barcelona, Spain
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have generated a supercontinuum spanning more than three octaves extending from 450 nm to 4500 nm. The supercontinuum emerges from filamentation of a femtosecond pulse in a thin YAG plate.
  • Keywords
    infrared sources; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; supercontinuum generation; yttrium compounds; YAG; bulk filamentation; femtosecond pulse; mid-IR pulse; multioctave supercontinuum generation; supercontinuum spanning; thin YAG plate; wavelength 450 nm to 4500 nm; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics;
  • 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
    6326941