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Femtosecond Pulses in the Medium Infrared by Down-Conversion of a Traveling Wave Dye Laser

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Ultrafast Phenomena VII

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Parametric frequency conversion in nonlinear crystals represents a widely applied technique to generate ultrashort pulses in the wavelength range between 1 and 10 µm [1]. Subpicosecond infrared pulses have been obtained by difference frequency mixing of amplified pulses from femtosecond dye lasers with part of a white light continuum [2]. In this paper, we present a novel parametric device to produce femtosecond pulses around 5 µm with a repetition rate of 8 kHz and a higher efficiency and stability than previously reported.

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  1. T. Elsaesser

    Present address: Physik-Department E 11, Technische Universität München, D-8000, München 2, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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  1. AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, NJ, 07733, USA

    T. Elsaesser & M. C. Nuss

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Charles B. Harris Ph.D.

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Erich P. Ippen Ph.D.

  3. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Gerard A. Mourou Ph.D.

  4. Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 91125, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Ahmed H. Zewail Ph.D.

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Elsaesser, T., Nuss, M.C. (1990). Femtosecond Pulses in the Medium Infrared by Down-Conversion of a Traveling Wave Dye Laser. In: Harris, C.B., Ippen, E.P., Mourou, G.A., Zewail, A.H. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena VII. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 53. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84269-6_27

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