Diffractive optics for spectral tuning of second harmonic and supercontinuum generated in nonlinear crystals

Author

Mínguez-Vega, G. ; Mendoza-Yero, O. ; Lancis, J. ; Climent, V. ; Romero, C. ; De Aldana, J. R Vazquez ; Camino, A. ; Hernández-Toro, J. ; Borrego-Varillas, R. ; Andrés, P. ; Roso, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Univ. Jaume I, Castellón, Spain

fYear

2011

fDate

19-24 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

It is shown that diffractive lenses can tune the spectrum of femtosecond pulses after nonlinear optical processes. We focus on spectra of second-order pulses generated in birefringent crystals and supercontinuum in sapphire crystals. The tunability is achieved by changing the relative distance between the nonlinear crystal and the diffractive lens.

Keywords

birefringence; diffractive optical elements; high-speed optical techniques; lenses; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical tuning; sapphire; supercontinuum generation; Al₂O₃; diffractive lenses; diffractive optics; femtosecond pulse spectra; nonlinear birefringent crystals; nonlinear optical processes; sapphire crystals; second harmonic generation; spectral tuning; supercontinuum generation; Crystals; Lenses; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical pulses; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; nonlinear optics; second order; supercontinuum;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Optics (WIO), 2011 10th Euro-American Workshop on

Conference_Location

Benicassim

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1227-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1225-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WIO.2011.5981477

Filename

5981477