High-power optical parametric amplifier

Author

Danielius, R. ; Fu, Qiang ; Piskarskas, A.

Author_Institution

Excel Quantronix Inc., Hauppauge, NY, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

371

Abstract

Summary form only given. Optical parametric generation has been one of the most effective techniques in the generation of broadly tunable wavelengths in the visible and infrared (IR) in the femtosecond regime. We have shown a BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/ based optical parametric amplifier (OPA) capable of generation of 1 mJ of combined signal and idler energy at a repetition rate of 1 kHz and maintaining a pulse width of less than 100 fs.

Keywords

barium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; light sources; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; 100 fs; BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/; BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/ based optical parametric amplifier; broadly tunable wavelength generation; femtosecond regime; high-power optical parametric amplifier; idler energy; infrared; optical parametric generation; pulse width; repetition rate; signal energy; visible; High power amplifiers; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal generators; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864802