Sub-8-fs pulses from an ultrabroadband optical parametric amplifier in the visible
- 15 August 1998
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 23 (16) , 1283-1285
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.23.001283
Abstract
Pulses with 180-THz bandwidth and energy were generated by a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier in the visible, pumped by the second harmonic of a Ti:sapphire laser. A portion of the amplified pulse spectrum was compressed to 7.2 fs by use of a thin prism sequence.
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