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Flexible and Rapidly Configurable Femtosecond Pulse Generation in the Mid-IR

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Author(s)

S M. Foreman, D J. Jones, Jun Ye

Abstract

We demonstrate a new experimental approach for flexible femtosecond pulse generation in the mid-IR using difference-frequency-generation from two tightly synchronized Ti: sapphire lasers. The resultant mid-IR pulse train can be easily tuned, with an adjustable repetition frequency up to 100 MHz and a pulse energy of 1.5 x 10-13 J. Rapid switching of the MIR wavelength and programmable amplitude modulation are achieved via precision setting of time delay between two original pulses.
Citation
Optics Letters
Volume
28 No. 5

Keywords

femtosecond lasers, MIR light source, ultrafast optics

Citation

Foreman, S. , Jones, D. and Ye, J. (2003), Flexible and Rapidly Configurable Femtosecond Pulse Generation in the Mid-IR, Optics Letters (Accessed October 8, 2024)

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Created February 28, 2003, Updated October 12, 2021