Optical parametric amplification of femtosecond pulses tunable from the blue to the infrared with microjoule energies
- Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
A white-light continuum is used to seed a two-stage optical parametric amplifier pumped by the second harmonic of a regeneratively amplified Ti:sapphire laser system operating at 824 nm. Microjoule energies are achieved in the signal branch, which is tunable from 472 to 785 nm. Near-transform-limited sub-200-fs pulses are attainable over the vast majority of the tuning range.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 69040
- Journal Information:
- Applied Optics, Journal Name: Applied Optics Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 34; ISSN APOPAI; ISSN 0003-6935
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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