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Nonlinear optical phenomena

Optical parametric amplification with a bandwidth exceeding an octave

S. N. Orlov^a, E. V. Pestryakov^b, Yu. N. Polivanov<sup>a

a</sup> Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: The possibility of using various schemes of broadband optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) for amplifying a supercontinuum with the spectral bandwidth exceeding an octave is analysed. Spectral gain profiles are calculated for some specific OPAs employing promising and available nonlinear optical crystals. The realisation of OPAs with spectral bandwidths exceeding an octave in the spectral region from the near-UV to the mid-IR is demonstrated by specific examples.

PACS: 42.65.Yj, 42.70.Mp

Received: 03.11.2003
Revised: 27.12.2003

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2004, 34:5, 477–481

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