Title :
Highly compact sub-10-fs optical parametric amplifier in the visible
Author :
Cerullo, Giulio ; Nisoli, Mauro ; Stagira, S. ; De Silvestri, S. ; Tempea, Gabriel ; Krausz, F. ; Ferencz, K.
Author_Institution :
CNR, Milano, Italy
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We report on a compact noncollinear visible OPA with a compressor made exclusively of chirped mirrors. We employ ultra-broadband chirped mirrors of novel design which allow us to achieve group delays (GDs) varying nearly linearly with frequency over bandwidths in excess of100 THz. The use of the chirped mirrors results in a simple and reliable system for the generation of tunable sub-lO-fs pulses in the visible spectral range.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; mirrors; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; 10 fs; bandwidths; chirped mirrors; compact noncollinear visible OPA; compressor; group delays; highly compact sub-10-fs optical parametric amplifier; tunable sub-lO-fs pulses; ultra-broadband chirped mirrors; visible spectral range; Bandwidth; Chirp; Delay; Frequency; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Pulse generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834257
