Frequency doubling of femtosecond pulses in walk-off-compensated N-(4-nitrophenyl)-L-prolinol

    Authors

    J. P. Torres; S. Carrasco; L. Torner;E. W. VanStryland

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    TILTED PULSES; 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION; TEMPORAL SOLITONS; CRYSTAL; COMPRESSION; Optics

    Abstract

    We show how to exploit the high quadratic nonlinear coefficient of the organic crystal N-(4-nitrophenyl)-L-prolinol for generation and parametric mixing of ultrashort pulses by use of tilted-pulse techniques. The effective crystal length for subpicosecond operation is shown to be enhanced from tens of micrometers to tens of millimeters. Efficient frequency doubling of 100-fs pulses is predicted in walk-off-compensated geometries with peak intensities of a few megawatts per square centimeter. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    25

    Issue/Number

    23

    Publication Date

    1-1-2000

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1735

    Last Page

    1737

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000165493900017

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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