Title :
Brewster-angle chirped mirrors for broadband pulse compression without dispersion oscillations
Author :
Baum, Peter ; Breuer, Markus ; Riedle, Eberhard ; Steinmeyer, Günter
Author_Institution :
Lehrstuhl fur BioMolekulare Opt., Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. (LMU), Munich
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a novel generation of chirped mirrors, resulting in the compression of extremely clean 5.6-fs pulses from a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier. These mirrors display much smaller phase ripple than previous design approaches.
Keywords :
mirrors; optical dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; Brewster angle chirped mirror; broadband pulse compression; noncollinear optical parametric amplifier; Chirp; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultraviolet sources; (310.6860) Thin films, optical properties; (320.5520) Pulse compression;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627918
