Title :
Pulse compression in a silver gallium sulfide, mid-infrared, synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Kurti, R.S. ; Singer, K.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
Experiments and numerical modeling of optical pulse compression in a silver gallium sulfide synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator show that compression depends strongly on the signal-idler group velocity difference.
Keywords :
optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; AgGaS; numerical modeling; optical parametric oscillator; pulse compression; signal-idler group velocity difference; silver gallium sulfide; synchronous pumping; Gallium compounds; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Silver; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548951