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All-solid-state generation of 100-kHz tunable mid-infrared 50-fs pulses in type I and type II AgGaS(2)
Abstract:
We report the operation of an all-solid-state system for the generation of tunable mid-infrared sub-50-fs pulses. A Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier, pumped by 10 W of power from 532-nm, diode-pumped, frequency-doubled Nd:YVO(4) lasers, produced 4-muJ energy, sub-50-fs pulses at 800 nm with a 100-kHz repetition rate. This output was used to drive a beta-BaB(2)O(4) optical parametric amplifier followed by a difference-frequency generator based on a AgGaS(2) crystal. Continuous tuning of ultrafast pulses from 2.4m to longer than 12mum was obtained. A performance comparison of difference-frequency generation in type I and type II phase-matched AgGaS(2) is reported.
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