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Wavelength tuning of femtosecond pulses generated in nonlinear crystals by using diffractive lenses
J. R. Vázquez De AldanaPedro AndrésGladys Mínguez-vegaJesús LancisOmel Mendoza-yeroVicent ClimentCruz MéndezLuis RosoCarolina RomeroRocio Borrego-varillassubject
Nonlinear opticsBirefringenceMaterials sciencebusiness.industry2209.13 Óptica no linealDiffractive lensPhysics::OpticsNonlinear opticsDiffraction efficiencyAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsCrystalNonlinear systemWavelengthOpticsFemtosecond2209.10 LáseresOptoelectronicsHigh harmonic generationFemtosecond lasersbusinessdescription
We demonstrate that diffractive lenses (DLs) can be used as a simple method to tune the central wavelength of femtosecond pulses generated from second-order nonlinear optical processes in birefringent crystals. The wavelength tunability is achieved by changing the relative distance between the nonlinear crystal and the DL, which acts in a focusing configuration. Besides the many practical applications of the so-generated pulses, the proposed method might be extended to other wavelength ranges by demonstrated similar effects on other nonlinear processes, such as high-order harmonic generation.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-10-28 | Optics Letters |