Second-harmonic generation with traveling-wave pulses

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作者
Zhang, T [1 ]
Yonemura, M [1 ]
Sharma, LB [1 ]
Daido, H [1 ]
Kato, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] OSAKA UNIV,INST LASER ENGN,SUITA,OSAKA 565,JAPAN
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APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 1996年 / 63卷 / 03期
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10.1007/BF01833792
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We experimentally studied properties of traveling-wave excitation and traveling-wave pulse compression for a Nd:glass laser system with a streak camera. These properties were extended to second-harmonic generation with a type-II KDP crystal. We found that the second-harmonic pulse generated from the chirped-fundamental pulse also has a good chirp linearity, but the spectral bandwidth and temporal duration were reduced. We demonstrated the effective subpulse suppression in the compressed pulse with the second-harmonic generation. The pulse with tilted wave front, short wavelength and high contrast ratio can be obtained by the second-harmonic generation of traveling-wave pulse.
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页码:237 / 242
页数:6
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