Generation of 30-fs ultraviolet pulses by four-wave optical parametric chirped pulse amplification
Author(s) -
J. Darginavičius,
G. Tamošauskas,
A. Piskarskas,
A. Dubietis
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.18.016096
Subject(s) - optical parametric amplifier , optics , four wave mixing , ultraviolet , chirped pulse amplification , dispersion (optics) , materials science , ultrashort pulse , optical amplifier , pulse (music) , high harmonic generation , nonlinear optics , bandwidth limited pulse , laser , sum frequency generation , chirp , physics , detector
We report on the generation of approximately 30-fs ultraviolet pulses with approximately 10 microJ energy by means of four-wave optical parametric chirped pulse amplification in fused silica. The four-wave optical parametric amplifier is pumped by the second-harmonic of the Ti:sapphire laser and is seeded by visible broadband chirped signal pulses. The idler pulses are produced in the ultraviolet by four-wave mixing and are compressed in a medium with normal group velocity dispersion.
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