Title :
White-light generation pumped by sub-ps pulses
Author :
Calendron, Anne-Laure ; Cankaya, Huseyin ; Cirmi, Giovanni ; Rossi, Giulio M. ; Kartner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
The phase and stability characterization of white-light supercontinuum generated by sub-picosecond pulses at 1 μm in YAG and sapphire for different pump focusing and duration shows compressible pulses, suitable for applications like waveform synthesis.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser stability; optical focusing; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; supercontinuum generation; Al2O3; YAG; phase characterization; pump focusing; sapphire; stability characterization; sub-picosecond pulse compression; waveform synthesis; wavelength 1 mum; white-light supercontinuum generation; Chirp; Fluctuations; Focusing; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
