Title :
Group-velocity control by quadratic nonlinear interactions
Author :
Marangoni, M. ; Baronio, F. ; Manzoni, C. ; Ramponi, R. ; Cerullo, G. ; Angelis, C. De
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Fis., Politec. di Milano e IFN-CNR, Milan
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate group velocity control of 40-fs, 1400-nm pulses through chi(2)-cascaded interactions under large group velocity mismatch. Group delay shifts up to 50 fs are achieved by propagation in a 25-mm-long PPSLT crystal.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; LiTaO; PPSLT crystal; cascaded interactions; group delay; group velocity control; quadratic nonlinear interactions; size 25 mm; wavelength 1400 nm; Delay effects; Dispersion; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Propagation delay; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Velocity control; 190.5940 (Self-action effects); 190.7110 (Ultrafast nonlinear optics); 320.2250 (Femtosecond phenomena);
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.2006.4629098
