Pulse compression over a 170-THz bandwidth in the visible by use of only chirped mirrors

Authors
Zavelani-Rossi, M Cerullo, G De Silvestri, S Gallmann, L Matuschek, N Steinmeyer, G Keller, U Angelow, G Scheuer, V Tschudi, T
Citation
M. Zavelani-rossi et al., Pulse compression over a 170-THz bandwidth in the visible by use of only chirped mirrors, OPTICS LETT, 26(15), 2001, pp. 1155-1157
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
15
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1155 - 1157
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20010801)26:15<1155:PCOA1B>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We report on double-chirped mirrors with custom-tailored dispersion charact eristics over a bandwidth of 170 THz in the visible. The mirrors are used i n a prismless compressor for a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier in the visible. The compressed pulses, characterized for the what is believed to be first time by use of the spectral phase interferometry for direct el ectric field reconstruction technique, display a nearly flat phase from 510 to 710 nm and have a duration of 5.7 fs. (C) 2001 Optical Society of Ameri ca.