Title :
Generating energetic few-cycle pulses at 800 nm using soliton compression with type 0 cascaded quadratic interaction in lithium niobate
Author :
Bache, M. ; Zhou, B.B. ; Chong, A. ; Wise, F.W.
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lygnby, Denmark
Abstract :
We show that ultra-short few-cycle pulses can be generated through soliton compression of energetic femtosecond pulses from a Ti:Sapphire regenerative amplifier. The compression relies on cascaded type 0 second-harmonic generation in mm-length lithium niobate crystals.
Keywords :
Lithium niobate; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Physics; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Scanning probe microscopy; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
