Visible infrared optical parametric generator pumped by the second harmonic of a Ti:sapphire laser amplifier

Frank Seifert; Frank Noack; Valentin P. Petrov

doi:10.1117/12.206473

10 April 1995 Visible infrared optical parametric generator pumped by the second harmonic of a Ti:sapphire laser amplifier

Frank Seifert, Frank Noack, Valentin P. Petrov

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Proceedings Volume 2379, Solid State Lasers and Nonlinear Crystals; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206473
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We report on a traveling wave optical parametric generator producing tunable femtosecond pulses between 550 and 590 nm (signal) and between 1230 and 1450 nm (idler). The second harmonic of a 1 kHz repetition rate Ti:sapphire laser/regenerative amplifier system serves as an UV pump source. To achieve nearly bandwidth limited parametric pulses we combine a narrow band seeder with a broad band parametric amplifier. Pulse compression at the idler wavelengths is observed which is attributed to temporal gain narrowing. The optimization of simple seeder-amplifier configurations in the small signal limit at pump wavelength near 400 nm is analyzed with respect to achievable spectral narrowing and pulse shortening in the amplification process.

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Frank Seifert, Frank Noack, and Valentin P. Petrov "Visible infrared optical parametric generator pumped by the second harmonic of a Ti:sapphire laser amplifier", Proc. SPIE 2379, Solid State Lasers and Nonlinear Crystals, (10 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206473

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