FIVEFOLD FEMTOSECOND PULSE-COMPRESSION BY SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION

Authors
NISOLI M DESILVESTRI S VALIULIS G VARANAVICIUS A
Citation
M. Nisoli et al., FIVEFOLD FEMTOSECOND PULSE-COMPRESSION BY SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION, Applied physics letters, 68(25), 1996, pp. 3540-3542
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
68
Issue
25
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3540 - 3542
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1996)68:25<3540:FFPBSG>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Pulse compression by sum frequency generation is demonstrated in femto second time domain with a type II phase matching BBO crystal. By frequ ency mixing in BBO crystal infrared signal and idler pulses of 160 fs duration generated by an optical parametric amplifier, sum frequency p ulses as short as 34 fs were obtained. Experiments and computer simula tions demonstrate the potential of this technique to produce ultrashor t pulses with high conversion efficiency. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.