Ultra-wide parametric amplification at 800 nm toward octave spanning

C Aguergaray; O Schmidt; J Rothhardt; D Schimpf; D Descamps; S Petit; J Limpert; E Cormier

doi:10.1364/oe.17.005153

Ultra-wide parametric amplification at 800 nm toward octave spanning

Opt Express. 2009 Mar 30;17(7):5153-62. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.005153.

Authors

C Aguergaray¹, O Schmidt, J Rothhardt, D Schimpf, D Descamps, S Petit, J Limpert, E Cormier

Affiliation

¹ CELIA, Université Bordeaux 1, UMR 5107, Talence, France. [email protected]

PMID: 19333279
DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.005153

Abstract

We report on a significant improvement of the total bandwidth amplified in an optical parametric process. By pumping a parametric amplifier with a broadband pump, we demonstrate amplification of a supercontinuum whose spectrum expands over nearly an octave ranging from less than 600 nm up to 1200 nm. Our amplifier stage is set to provide amplification at degeneracy in the quasi-collinear configuration with a temporally as well as angularly dispersed pump.

MeSH terms

Computer-Aided Design*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis*
Lasers, Solid-State*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity