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Intense tunable picosecond pulses generated by parametric amplification in β-BaB2O4

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Amplified spontaneous emission of a dye cell is parametrically amplified in barium betaborate (BBO) crystals. Pumping the system by the third harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser a tuning range from 3500 to 25080 cm−1 is accessible with energy conversion efficiencies of several percent. Properties of ultrashort light pulses in the visible and UV spectral range are presented. A spectral width of 10 cm−1 and a pulse duration of approximately 20 ps are measured.

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Sukowski, U., Seilmeier, A. Intense tunable picosecond pulses generated by parametric amplification in β-BaB2O4 . Appl. Phys. B 50, 541–545 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00408781

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