Generation of subterawatt sub-10-fs blue pulses at 1-5 kHz by broadband frequency doubling

Teruto Kanai; Xiangyu Zhou; Taro Sekikawa; Shuntaro Watanabe; Tadashi Togashi

doi:10.1364/ol.28.001484

Generation of subterawatt sub-10-fs blue pulses at 1-5 kHz by broadband frequency doubling

Opt Lett. 2003 Aug 15;28(16):1484-6. doi: 10.1364/ol.28.001484.

Authors

Teruto Kanai¹, Xiangyu Zhou, Taro Sekikawa, Shuntaro Watanabe, Tadashi Togashi

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8581, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 12943099
DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.001484

Abstract

Blue pulses with durations of 8.5 fs are generated by broadband frequency doubling of subterawatt Ti:sapphire laser systems at 1-5-kHz repetition rates. The average powers are 1.6 W at 5 kHz and 1.9 W at 1 kHz. The peak power is 0.16 TW with a duration of 12 fs at 1 kHz.