Sub-20fs ultraviolet pulses generated by achromatic phase-matching sum frequency mixing

Author

Zhao, B.Z. ; Jiang, Y.L. ; Sueda, K. ; Miyanaga, N. ; Kobayashi, T.

Author_Institution

Int. Cooperative Res. Project (ICORP), Japan Sci. & Technol. Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

30-3 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

17.4 fs ultraviolet pulses with >400 nJ were generated by achromatic sum frequency mixing of 805 nm pulses and ultra-broadband visible pulses. Angular dispersion was introduced to achieve broadband phase-matching by a prism pair.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical dispersion; optical phase matching; optical prisms; ultraviolet sources; achromatic phase matching sum frequency mixing; angular dispersion; broadband phase matching; prism pair; ultrabroadband visible pulse; ultraviolet pulse generation; wavelength 805 nm; Chemical lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser theory; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Pulse shaping methods; Space vector pulse width modulation; Lasers; Parametric Oscillators and Amplifiers; Ultrafast nonlinear optics; ultraviolet;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3829-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3830-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292347

Filename

5292347