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Infrared Degenerate Four-wave Mixing with Upconversion Detection for Quantitative Gas Sensing
Published on: March 22, 2019
Ultra-broadband long-wave-infrared pulse production using a chirped-pulse difference-frequency generation
Abstract:
We present a broadband light source based on near-infrared chirped-pulse difference-frequency mixing that is suitable for seeding long-wave-infrared (LWIR) optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA). A nitrocellulose pellicle is used in a Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier to generate dual-frequency output pulses, which are subsequently mixed in a 0.4-mm thick AgGaS2 crystal. LWIR pulses with ∼1 µm full width at half maximum (FWHM) bandwidth centered at 10.5 µm are generated by mixing transform-limited pulses. Assisted by genetic algorithm optimization, the bandwidth is broadened to ∼3 µm FWHM within the 8-12 µm atmospheric transmission window. The seed source paves the path towards tabletop ultrafast terawatt-class passively carrier-envelope-phase stabilized OPCPA in the LWIR region.
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