TUNABLE FEMTOSECOND PULSES CLOSE TO THE TRANSFORM LIMIT FROM TRAVELING-WAVE PARAMETRIC CONVERSION

Authors
BANFI GP DITRAPANI P DANIELIUS R PISKARSKAS A RIGHINI R SANTA I
Citation
Gp. Banfi et al., TUNABLE FEMTOSECOND PULSES CLOSE TO THE TRANSFORM LIMIT FROM TRAVELING-WAVE PARAMETRIC CONVERSION, Optics letters, 18(18), 1993, pp. 1547-1549
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
18
Issue
18
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1547 - 1549
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1993)18:18<1547:TFPCTT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We report the generation of ultrashort pulses by a barium borate trave ling-wave parametric converter pumped by a 200-fs pulse at 0.6 mum fro m a dye-laser source. With a pump energy of less than 100 muJ and type II phase matching, we obtained a 0.75-3-mum tuning range, 15-20% tota l conversion efficiency, and a pulse duration comparable with that of the pump. In part of the tuning range the time-bandwidth product of th e tunable pulses was 0.7, the same value as for the pump.