GENERATION OF INTENSE FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSES NEAR 3 MU-M WITH A KILOHERTZ REPETITION RATE

Authors
EMMERICHS U WOUTERSEN S BAKKER HJ
Citation
U. Emmerichs et al., GENERATION OF INTENSE FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSES NEAR 3 MU-M WITH A KILOHERTZ REPETITION RATE, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 14(6), 1997, pp. 1480-1483
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1480 - 1483
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1997)14:6<1480:GOIFOP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A simple extension of a commercial laser system permits the generation of intense femtosecond infrared pulses near 3 mu m by optical paramet ric generation and amplification at kilohertz repetition rates. Pulse durations of a few hundred femtoseconds and pulse energies of tens of microjoules can be routinely produced, thus permitting nonlinear optic al studies of molecular vibrations. (C) 1997 Optical Society of Americ a