Efficient femtosecond optical parametric amplification in MgO:LiNbO/sub 3/

Author

Petrov, Valentin ; Rotermund, Fabian ; Noack, Ferenc

Author_Institution

Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

18

Abstract

Summary form only given. The spectral region near and above 3 /spl mu/m, which is important in particular for spectroscopy of molecular fundamental stretching modes is not accessible by femtosecond optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) based on the widely spread material BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/ (BBO). Here we report the highest energies in this spectral range (up to 20 /spl mu/J at 3.5-3.6 /spl mu/m) obtained with a femtosecond traveling-wave LiNbO/sub 3/:MgO OPA.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectroscopy; lithium compounds; magnesium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; spectroscopic light sources; 20 muJ; 3 mum; 3.5 to 3.6 mum; BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/; IR spectroscopy; LiNbO/sub 3/:MgO; MgO:LiNbO/sub 3/; femtosecond optical parametric amplification; femtosecond optical parametric amplifiers; femtosecond traveling-wave LiNbO/sub 3/:MgO optical parametric amplifier; molecular fundamental stretching modes; spectral range; spectral region; Bandwidth; Chirp; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse compression; Physics; Pulse compression methods; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.675803

Filename

675803