• DocumentCode
    1983699
  • Title

    Low-chirp Ti:sapphire amplification of OPO pulses near the Fourier transform limit

  • Author

    Baldwin, Kenneth G H ; Kono, Mitsuhiko ; He, Yabai ; White, Richard T. ; Orr, Brian J.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Sch. of Phys. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    30-3 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Output pulses from a Ti:sapphire-amplified OPO are shown to be nearly Fourier-transform-limited with little additional chirp. The power is sufficient to generate narrowband vacuum-ultraviolet radiation (using nonlinear-optical methods) for precision spectroscopy.
  • Keywords
    Fourier transform optics; chirp modulation; nonlinear optics; sapphire; titanium; Fourier transform limit; OPO pulses; Ti; frequency chirp; laser spectroscopy; low-chirp amplification; narrowband vacuum-ultraviolet radiation; nonlinear-optical methods; precision spectroscopy; Chirp; Fourier transforms; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Spectroscopy; Stimulated emission; Frequency chirp; TiS amplifier; laser spectroscopy;
  • 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.2009.5292716
  • Filename
    5292716