| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L77454/01 |
| Title: |
TOWARDS SINGLE-CYCLE MID-INFRARED OPTICAL PULSES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Sibbett, Professor W |
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| Department: |
Physics and Astronomy |
| Organisation: |
University of St Andrews |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 July 1998 |
Ends: |
30 September 2001 |
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291,487
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In this proposed research programme we plan to synchronously pump a femtosecond mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator (OPO) using a self-modelocked vibronic laser that produces sub-15fs pulses. By exploiting the dispersion-compensated dielectric mirror technology now available from Stingl OEG and diode-based pumping (diode-based minilaser pumping of Ti:sapphire) we intend to demonstrate that it will be practical to generate sub-20fs OPO pulses around the 5mm spectral region. To do this, we shall design a specific configuration for the laser/OPO combination and, in addition, we shall develop further our autocorrelator diagnostic technique that is based on a broadband LED. By bringing together our most recent ideas on low-threshold femtosecond lasers and parametric oscillators with diagnostics such as our real-time frequency-resolved optical gating scheme, we believe that we can construct and characterise a single-optical cycle source in the mid-infrared.
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