Observation of an octave-spanning supercontinuum in the mid-infrared using ultrafast cascaded nonlinearities

Morten Bache, Xing Liu, Binbin Zhou

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    Abstract

    An octave-spanning mid-IR supercontinuum is observed experimentally using ultrafast cascaded nonlinearities in an LiInS2 quadratic nonlinear crystal pumped with 70 fs energetic mid-IR pulses and cut for strongly phase-mismatched second-harmonic generation. ©OSA 2014.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena
    Number of pages3
    PublisherOptical Society of America
    Publication date2014
    Article numberHTu1C.4
    ISBN (Print)9781557529954
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    EventHigh-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena 2014 - Berlin, Germany
    Duration: 18 Mar 201420 Mar 2014

    Conference

    ConferenceHigh-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena 2014
    Country/TerritoryGermany
    CityBerlin
    Period18/03/201420/03/2014

    Keywords

    • Instrumentation
    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
    • Midinfrared
    • Nonlinear crystals
    • Second-harmonic
    • Super continuum
    • Ultra-fast
    • Optical pumping

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