We report the experimental demonstration of transform-limited sub-6 fs pulses at an optimal central wavelength by a tunable noncollinear optical parametric amplification（NOPA） source. Meanwhile, a white light contin...We report the experimental demonstration of transform-limited sub-6 fs pulses at an optimal central wavelength by a tunable noncollinear optical parametric amplification（NOPA） source. Meanwhile, a white light continuum in the near-infrared（NIR） range from 900 to 1100 nm is also successfully generated by focusing the unconverted800 nm beam during NOPA generation on a sapphire rod. Both visible-pump/visible-probe and visible-pump/NIR-probe experiments are realized using the same laser system. As examples, ultrafast photo-induced exciton dynamics inside two kinds of materials are investigated by the visible-pump/visible-probe and visible-pump/NIR-probe spectroscopy, respectively.展开更多
基金partly financially supported by the 100 Talents Program of CASthe National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2011CB808101)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61475169,61221064)
文摘We report the experimental demonstration of transform-limited sub-6 fs pulses at an optimal central wavelength by a tunable noncollinear optical parametric amplification（NOPA） source. Meanwhile, a white light continuum in the near-infrared（NIR） range from 900 to 1100 nm is also successfully generated by focusing the unconverted800 nm beam during NOPA generation on a sapphire rod. Both visible-pump/visible-probe and visible-pump/NIR-probe experiments are realized using the same laser system. As examples, ultrafast photo-induced exciton dynamics inside two kinds of materials are investigated by the visible-pump/visible-probe and visible-pump/NIR-probe spectroscopy, respectively.
