Abstract
We propose two methods for ultrashort pulse parametric visible-to-infrared frequency conversion, that are directly applied to extend the tuning range of a commercial Ti:sapphire laser-noncollinear optical parametric amplifier system. The first method is based on broadband noncollinear four-wave optical parametric amplification in fused silica, and the second is based on cascaded three-wave parametric interaction in a single BBO crystal. A proof-of-principle experiments demonstrate generation of sub-30-fs, similar to 20 mu J pulses, broadly tunable across the infrared (1-3 mu m) spectral range.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 221-229 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Lithuanian Journal of Physics |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |