Title :
Spatio-temporal characterization of the signal pulse-shortening in Type II optical parametric amplifier using BBO and BIBO crystals
Author :
Tzankov, Pancho ; Roth, Matthias ; Kong, Yufei ; Xu, Lin ; Sartania, Zaza
Author_Institution :
Quantronix Corp., Setauket, NY
Abstract :
Comparison of the performance of an optical parametric amplifier is presented using BBO or BIBO crystals in Type II. The spatio-temporal effect of the parametric pulse-shortening is experimentally investigated with respect to the signal wavelength.
Keywords :
barium compounds; bismuth compounds; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase matching; optical pulse compression; spatiotemporal phenomena; BBO; BBO crystals; BIBO crystals; BiB3O6; nonlinear optical crystals; phase-matched OPA; signal pulse-shortening; signal wavelength; spatio-temporal characterization; type II optical parametric amplifier; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
