Title :
Compact 0.1-W source of octave-spanning mid-infrared femtosecond pulses centered at 10 µm
Author :
Pupeza, I. ; Sanchez, Dominick ; Pronin, Oleg ; Zhang, Juyong ; Lilienfein, N. ; Seidel, Mike ; Znakovskaya, I. ; Pervak, V. ; Wei, Zhihui ; Krausz, F. ; Apolonski, Alexander ; Biegert, J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Castelldefels, Spain
Abstract :
We generate octave-spanning pulses centered at 10 μm with 100-mW-scale average powers and 100-MHz repetition rate via intrapulse difference-frequency mixing driven in LiGaS2 by a nonlinearly compressed Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; laser mode locking; lenses; light sources; lithium compounds; optical Kerr effect; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; ytterbium; LiGaS2; YAG:Yb; compact light source; intrapulse difference-frequency mixing; nonlinearly compressed Kerr-lens mode-locked ytterbium:YAG thin-disk oscillator; octave-spanning midinfrared femtosecond pulse generation; power 0.1 W; wavelength 10 mum; Media; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Oscillators; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
