Phase-matched generation of short wavelength, ultrashort-pulse light in capillary waveguides

Author

Durfee, C.G. ; Rundquist, A. ; Backus, S. ; Herne, C. ; Chang, Z. ; Murnane, M. ; Kapteyn, H.

Author_Institution

Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

10-14 Aug 1998

Firstpage

271

Lastpage

273

Abstract

In our novel phase-matching technique light is generated in the deep-UV through nonlinear parametric amplification in a gas-filled capillary waveguide. Phase-matching is achieved through a balance between the waveguide dispersion of the lowest order mode with the pressure-dependent gas dispersion. This results in near-Gaussian beam quality and high conversion efficiency

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; 10 to 20 fs; 100 fs; capillary waveguides; deep-UV; gas-filled capillary waveguide; high conversion efficiency; lowest order mode; near-Gaussian beam quality; nonlinear parametric amplification; phase-matched generation; phase-matching technique light; pressure-dependent gas dispersion; short wavelength ultrashort-pulse light; waveguide dispersion; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting

Conference_Location

Kauai, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4950-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NLO.1998.710280

Filename

710280