300 microJ noncollinear optical parametric amplifier in the visible at 1 kHz repetition rate

We demonstrate an order-of-magnitude energy scaling of a white-light seeded noncollinear optical parametric amplifier in the visible. The generated pulses, tunable between 520 and 650 nm with sub-25-fs duration, had energies up to 310 microJ with 20% blue-pump-to-signal energy conversion efficiency...

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Published inOptics letters Vol. 31; no. 24; p. 3629
Main Authors Tzankov, Pancho, Zheng, Jiaan, Mero, Mark, Polli, Dario, Manzoni, Cristian, Cerullo, Giulio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 15.12.2006
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Summary:We demonstrate an order-of-magnitude energy scaling of a white-light seeded noncollinear optical parametric amplifier in the visible. The generated pulses, tunable between 520 and 650 nm with sub-25-fs duration, had energies up to 310 microJ with 20% blue-pump-to-signal energy conversion efficiency at 540 nm. This new ultrafast source will make possible numerous extreme nonlinear optics applications. As a first application, we demonstrate the generation of tunable vacuum ultraviolet pulses.
ISSN:0146-9592