Synthesis and shaping of picosecond pulses by frequency conversion of femtosecond pulses in engineered quadratic media

Author

Marangoni, M. ; Brida, D. ; Manzoni, C. ; Ramponi, R. ; Cerullo, G. ; Conforti, M. ; Baronio, F. ; De Angelis, C.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fis., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Second-harmonic-generation in lithium-tantalate crystals with engineered quasi-phase-matching structures is exploited to synthesize with high efficiency narrow-bandwidth picosecond pulses of predetermined spectral and temporal shape starting from femtosecond ones.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical pulse shaping; LiTaO₃; engineered quadratic media; engineered quasi-phase-matching structure; frequency conversion; lithium-tantalate crystal; picosecond pulse shaping; second-harmonic-generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical pulse shaping; Pulse compression methods; Pulse shaping methods; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics; (190.4410) Nonlinear optics, parametric processes; (320.5390) Picosecond phenomena; (320.5540) Pulse shaping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224546