Broad-bandwidth parametric amplification in the visible: Femtosecond experiments and simulations

G. M. Gale; F. Hache; M. Cavallari

doi:10.1109/2944.686727

Broad-bandwidth parametric amplification in the visible: Femtosecond experiments and simulations

G. M. Gale
, F. Hache
, M. Cavallari

Queen's University of Belfast
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Université Paris-Saclay
Lab. d'Optique Quantique du CNRS
Politecnico di Milano
Nortel Technology
Societe Francaise d'Optique

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Abstract

A general geometric condition, involving group velocities, for large bandwidth parametric amplification with all types of phase-matching and in certain wavelength ranges is derived. This condition has been exploited to produce visible widely tunable sub-20-fs pulses from an optical parametric oscillator and an optical parametric amplifier based on β-barium borate pumped in the blue. These results are interpreted in terms of a modified soliton model for the optical parametric oscillator (OPO) and detailed numerical simulations for both devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	224-229
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/2944.686727
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1998

Keywords

Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear wave propagation
Optical parametric amplifiers
Optical parametric oscillators
Solid lasers

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