Title :
Femtosecond pulse compression using cascaded second-order nonlinearities in lithium iodate
Author :
Ashihara, S. ; Nishina, J. ; Shimura, T. ; Kuroda, K.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Ind. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We report a femtosecond pulse compression using cascaded second-order nonlinearities. Pulse compression from 120 fs down to 67 fs is obtained by using lithium iodate crystal as a nonlinear medium.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical Kerr effect; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical pulse compression; 120 to 67 fs; Kerr effect; LiIO/sub 3/; cascaded second-order nonlinearities; femtosecond pulse compression; lithium iodate crystal medium; nonlinear phase modulation; nonlinear phase shift; phase mismatch; second-order nonlinear susceptibility; short pulse evolution; spectrum broadening; Autocorrelation; Kerr effect; Lithium; Optical pulse compression; Optimized production technology; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Solids; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971058
