Intense tunable picosecond pulses in the infrared
- 1 July 1974
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 25 (1) , 87-89
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1655292
Abstract
Single picosecond pulses of a Nd:glass laser are used in a single‐pass generator to produce intense ultrashort infrared pulses. Starting from quantum noise, stimulated three‐photon parametric amplification over ∼12 orders of magnitude is achieved in a LiNbO3 crystal at a pump intensity of 1010 W/cm2. Angular tuning provides a frequency range of 2500–7000 cm−1. High conversion efficiencies exceeding 1% are measured without crystal damage.Keywords
This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- Generation and measurement of frequency-tunable picosecond pulses from dye lasersOptical and Quantum Electronics, 1974
- Generation and applications of passively mode-locked picosecond light pulsesOptical and Quantum Electronics, 1974
- Stimulated parametric fluorescence induced by picosecond pump pulsesApplied Physics Letters, 1972
- The intensity of short light pulses determined with saturable absorbersOptics Communications, 1972
- Theory of Optical Parametric NoisePhysical Review B, 1968
- Study in Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate of Spontaneous Parametric Interaction Tunable from 4400 to 16 000 ÅPhysical Review Letters, 1967
- Observation of Tunable Optical Parametric FluorescencePhysical Review Letters, 1967
- The temperature dependence of the refractive indices of pure lithium niobatePhysics Letters, 1966
- Tunable Coherent Parametric Oscillation in LiNbat Optical FrequenciesPhysical Review Letters, 1965
- LiNbO3: AN EFFICIENT PHASE MATCHABLE NONLINEAR OPTICAL MATERIALApplied Physics Letters, 1964