Combining the configurations of collinear and small-angle noncollinear phase-matching,a mid-infrared(MIR) femtosecond optical parametric amplifier(OPA) with extended tunability is proposed and demonstrated.A tuning ra...Combining the configurations of collinear and small-angle noncollinear phase-matching,a mid-infrared(MIR) femtosecond optical parametric amplifier(OPA) with extended tunability is proposed and demonstrated.A tuning range from 2.0 μm to 4.7 μm is demonstrated by a two-stage LiNbO3-based femto-second OPA,which well exceeds the typical tuning range reported so far.MIR femtosecond pulses with energy up to 30 μJ are obtained.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(6127514261308042+2 种基金51321091)National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project(2011YQ030127)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(014T70633)
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.60725418 and 60890202)
文摘Combining the configurations of collinear and small-angle noncollinear phase-matching,a mid-infrared(MIR) femtosecond optical parametric amplifier(OPA) with extended tunability is proposed and demonstrated.A tuning range from 2.0 μm to 4.7 μm is demonstrated by a two-stage LiNbO3-based femto-second OPA,which well exceeds the typical tuning range reported so far.MIR femtosecond pulses with energy up to 30 μJ are obtained.