Ultrafast Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy

Abstract

We have developed an Ultrafast optical nonlinear spectroscopy facility with the motivation of studying spatio-temporal soliton interactions for all-optical switching application and several associated nonlinear optical process. The Ultrafast Optics Lab consists of a >20GW peak power sub-50fs 1KHz pulsed amplified Ti:Sapphire laser system. The laser system consists of an oscillator, a CW pump laser, regenerative amplifier and pulsed pump laser. These high peak power pulses are used in a parametric amplifier system which produces tunable radiation from 580nm-2200nm with sub 50fs pulses. The facility developed also includes several linear and nonlinear pulse characterization and automation tools such as spectrometers, polarimeter automated multi-axis motor controller, autocorrelators, frequency resolved optical gating, and tilted front pulse autocorrelator. This report provides technical details of the ultrafast optics facility and describes the ongoing experiments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 06, 1999
Accession Number
ADA369643

Entities

People

  • Balakishore Yellampalle
  • Kelvin Wagner
  • Sam Weaver
  • Steve Blair

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Measurement
  • Optical Correlators
  • Optical Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Repetition Rate
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy