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Title: Methods and devices for generation of broadband pulsed radiation

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176499

Methods and apparatus for non-collinear optical parametric amplification (NOPA) are provided. Broadband phase matching is achieved with a non-collinear geometry and a divergent signal seed to provide bandwidth gain. A chirp may be introduced into the pump pulse such that the white light seed is amplified in a broad spectral region.

Research Organization:
Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA, (Unites States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-05ER15638
Assignee:
Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, PA)
Patent Number(s):
8,441,720
Application Number:
12/865,013
OSTI ID:
1176499
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2009 Feb 27
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Few-optical-cycle pulses in the near-infrared from a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier journal January 2007
Ultrafast optical parametric amplifiers journal January 2003
Tunable 20 fs red pulses with up to 200 nJ energy from a 2 MHz Yb-doped fiber oscillator/amplifier system conference May 2007
Visible pulse compression to 4 fs by optical parametric amplification and programmable dispersion control journal January 2002