Few-optical-cycle pulses tunable from the visible to the mid-infrared by optical parametric amplifiers

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Brida, D ^a   Manzoni, C ^a   Cirmi, G ^a   Marangoni, M ^a   Bonora, S ^a   Villoresi, P ^a   De Silvestri, S ^a   Cerullo, G ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical parametric amplification; Pulse compression; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

BROAD GAIN BANDWIDTH; CONTINUOUS TUNABILITY; CYCLE PULSE; EFFECTIVE TOOL; LIGHT PULSE; MIDINFRARED; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; SINGLE CYCLE; ULTRA-BROADBAND; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; WIDELY TUNABLE; SUITABLE CONDITIONS;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHT; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PULSE COMPRESSION;

AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 75849156860     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/1/013001     Document Type: Article

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