Title :
Phase-matching and femtosecond difference-frequency generation in the quaternary semiconductor AgGaGe/sub 5/Se/sub 12/
Author :
Petrov, V. ; Noack, F. ; Badikov, V. ; Panyutin, V. ; Shevyrdyaeva, G. ; Sheina, S.
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Linear and nonlinear optical properties of AgGaGe/sub 5/Se/sub 12/ will be presented which allowed us to produce tunable fs-pulses between 4 and 7.5 /spl mu/m and only 5 optical cycles at 5 /spl mu/m.
Keywords :
gallium compounds; germanium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical phase matching; optical pulse generation; optical tuning; semiconductor materials; silver compounds; 4 to 7.5 mum; AgGaGe/sub 5/Se/sub 12/; femtosecond difference-frequency generation; linear optical properties; nonlinear optical properties; phase-matching; quaternary semiconductor; tunable fs-pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
