Abstract
We report on an intense mid-infrared light source that provides femtosecond pulses on a microjoule energy level, broadly tunable in the 3-20-μm wavelength range with pulse durations as short as 50 fs at 5 μm. The pulses are generated by phase-matched difference-frequency mixing in GaSe of near-infrared signal and idler pulses of a parametric device based on a 1-kHz Ti:sapphire amplifier system. Pulse durations are characterized with different techniques including autocorrelation measurements in AgGaS 2, two-photon absorption in InSb, and cross-correlation measurements with near-infrared pulses in a thin GaSe crystal. A subsequent zero-dispersion stretcher of high transmission allows for optimum pulse compression, a more detailed amplitude and phase characterization and, ultimately, amplitude shaping of the mid-infrared pulses.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2086-2094 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics