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A tilted pulse front geometry is known to allow group-velocity-dispersion (GVD) compensated propagation of short pulses of different wavelengths in dispersive media. This scheme is shown to be applicable to an optical parametric amplifier (OPA) pumped at 450nm. A numerical calculation shows that a certain combination of the tilt of the pulse front and the angle between the interacting beams provides optimum GVD compensation for each wavelength. The parameters providing broadband tunability are identified. The tunability of the GVD-compensated OPA pumped with 55fs pulses was experimentally demonstrated between 545nm and 645nm.
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Wagner, F., Feuerhake, M. & Simon, P. Group-velocity-dispersion-compensated femtosecond optical parametric amplifier. Optical and Quantum Electronics 29, 811–818 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018517314396
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