Femtosecond second-harmonic pulse compression in aperiodically poled lithium niobate: a systematic comparison of experiment and theory

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作者：
Loza-Alvarez, P
Ebrahimzadeh, M
Sibbett, W
Reid, DT
Artigas, D
Missey, M
机构：
[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland
[2] Heriot Watt Univ, Dept Phys, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Midlothian, Scotland
[3] Univ Politecn Catalunya, Dept Signal Theory & Commun, ES-08034 Barcelona, Spain
[4] Univ Dayton, Dept Electroopt, Dayton, OH 45469 USA
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JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS | 2001年 / 18卷 / 08期
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D O I：
10.1364/JOSAB.18.001212
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We present detailed experimental results of simultaneous frequency doubling and pulse compression of chirped pulses from a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator using a second-harmonic crystal of aperiodically poled lithium niobate comprising eight different linearly chirped gratings. Our results are compared with a numerical model that incorporates the complex amplitude of the input pulse determined with frequency-resolved optical gating. We use the results of this model to analyze and discuss several aspects of the pulse-generation process. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.
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