High energy self-phase-stabilized pulses by difference frequency generation and optical parametric amplification

Author

Manzoni, C. ; Vozzi, C. ; Benedetti, E. ; Sansone, G. ; Stagira, S. ; Svelto, O. ; De Silvestri, S. ; Nisoli, M. ; Cerullo, G.

Author_Institution

Ist. di Fotonica e Nanotecnol., Nat. Lab. for Ultrafast & Ultraintense Opt. Sci. - INFM, Milan

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We generate ultrabroadband self-phase-stabilized near-IR pulses by difference-frequency generation of a hollow-fiber broadened supercontinuum followed by two-stage optical parametric amplification. Energies up to 20 muJ are demonstrated and a route for energy scaling is indicated.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric amplifiers; spectral line broadening; supercontinuum generation; broadened supercontinuum; difference frequency generation; energy 20 muJ; energy scaling; high energy pulses; hollow-fiber supercontinuum; near-infrared pulses; optical parametric amplification; self-phase-stabilized pulses; ultrabroadband pulses; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; 120.5050 (Phase measurement); 190.4970 (Parametric oscillators and amplifiers); 320.7110 (ultrafast nonlinear optics);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628343

Filename

4628343