• DocumentCode
    500504
  • Title

    Spectral cleaning of few-cycle pulses via cross-polarized wave (XPW) generation

  • Author

    Jullien, A. ; Durfee, C.G. ; Trisorio, A. ; Canova, L. ; Rousseau, J.P. ; Mercier, B. ; Antonucci, L. ; Albert, O. ; Lopez-Martens, R.

  • Author_Institution
    ENSTA ParisTech, Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The nonlinear contrast filtering technique XPW is applied to sub-10 fs pulses. The process can dramatically improve the spectral quality of the seed pulses, opening the way to the production of high-temporal quality few-cycle pulses.
  • Keywords
    barium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical filters; optical materials; optical pulse generation; BaF2; XPW; amplified short femtosecond pulse; anisotropic crystal; cross-polarized wave generation; nonlinear contrast filtering technique; spectral cleaning; Chirp; Cleaning; Filtering; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Ultrafast optics; 140.7090; 320.2250; 320.7110;
  • 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
    5225913