CHIRPED-MIRROR DISPERSION-COMPENSATED FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR

Authors
HEBLING J MAYER EJ KUHL J SZIPOCS R
Citation
J. Hebling et al., CHIRPED-MIRROR DISPERSION-COMPENSATED FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR, Optics letters, 20(8), 1995, pp. 919-921
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
919 - 921
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:8<919:CDFOPO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We describe the operating characteristics of a femtosecond optical par ametric oscillator employing chirped mirrors for intracavity group-vel ocity dispersion compensation. Pumped by 760 mW of power from a self-m ode-locked Ti:sapphire laser, this device provides 100-fs near-transfo rm-limited pulses continuously tunable from 1.18 to 1.32 mu m with an average power of 100-180 mW. The limitations of the present setup and strategies for further pulse shortening are discussed.