Title :
Timing and Carrier-Envelope phase properties of optical parametric generation driven by femtosecond pulses
Author :
Manzoni, C. ; Cirmi, G. ; Brida, D. ; De Silvestri, S. ; Cerullo, G.
Author_Institution :
Center for free Electron Laser Sci., DESY, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
We investigate, both numerically and experimentally, the optical parametric generation (OPG) process driven by femtosecond pulses in second-order nonlinear crystals. We discuss on the absolute phase and time fluctuations of the OPG beam.
Keywords :
optical parametric devices; optical pulse generation; timing; carrier-envelope phase; femtosecond pulses; optical parametric generation; phase fluctuation; second-order nonlinear crystals; time fluctuation; Fluctuations; Jitter; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Signal processing; Timing; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2