Two 40 Khz Repetition Rate Independently Tunable, Synchronised Femtosecond Pulses Generated in The Visible Using Optical Parametric Amplifiers

Autor: Michael Towrie, Anthony W. Parker, W.T. Toner, Pavel Matousek, Philip F. Taday
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Proceedings of European Meeting on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEOE-96.
DOI: 10.1109/cleoe.1996.562219
Popis: Many time-resolved spectroscopy techniques require two broadly and independently tunable, synchronised light pulses. Recent advances in short pulse laser technology and non-linear crystal materials have lead to rapid development of optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) and travelling wave optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) capable of meeting these requirements. Our aim was to develop a multi-kilohertz repetition rate OPA system for femtosecond/picosecond, pump and probe time-resolved absorption and resonance Raman spectroscopies. We believe this work reports, for the first time, on synchronously pumped travelling wave OPAs. The design similar to that described in [1] was adopted for the development of the OPAs.
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