TUNABLE FEMTOSECOND-PULSE GENERATION BY AN OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR IN THE SATURATION REGIME

Authors
RAUSCHER C ROTH T LAENEN R LAUBEREAU A
Citation
C. Rauscher et al., TUNABLE FEMTOSECOND-PULSE GENERATION BY AN OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR IN THE SATURATION REGIME, Optics letters, 20(19), 1995, pp. 2003-2005
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
19
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2003 - 2005
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:19<2003:TFGBAO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We demonstrate the generation of powerful, bandwidth-limited pulses in a KTP optical parametric oscillator synchronously excited by the puls e train of a flash-lamp-pumped, mode-locked Nd:YLF laser. Operating th e optical parametric oscillator a factor of 4 above threshold and opti mizing the cavity length yields pulses of 260 +/- 30 fs. The shortenin g by a factor of 15 relative to the pump is accompanied by extended pu lse wings. Tunability of the device is shown in the wavelength range 1 .2-1.6 mu m. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America