Compression of pulses of a few optical cycles through harmonic generation

Authors
Biegert, J Diels, JC
Citation
J. Biegert et Jc. Diels, Compression of pulses of a few optical cycles through harmonic generation, J OPT SOC B, 18(8), 2001, pp. 1218-1226
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
07403224 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1218 - 1226
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(200108)18:8<1218:COPOAF>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Pulse compression through noncollinear sum-frequency generation in beta -ba rium borate crystals is investigated. With dispersion to all orders taken i nto account, numerical calculations, carried out in the frequency domain, w ere performed for input pulse durations ranging from 10 to 50 fs. Fundament al pulses of a 10-fs duration at 800 nm were compressed down to 2.5 fs whil e a 2.5-fs second-harmonic signal was generated. (C) 2001 Optical Society o f America.