Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 37, Issue 3, 332001(2017)

Broadband Second Harmonic Generation of Femtosecond Pulses at Magnitude of GW/cm2

Huang Zhangchao1、*, Zhang Wending2, Lin Hongyi1, Xu Yingchao1, Shen Hanxin1, Ruan Jianjian1, Sun Dong1, Wang Heng2, and Zhu Wenzhang1
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    The experiments of second harmonic generation (SHG) of 57.4 fs pulses at 1550 nm wavelength for type Ⅰ(o+o-e) and type 0 (e+e-e) are achieved using Mg-doped lithium niobate crystal with mole fraction of 5% of magnesium. For SHG of type Ⅰ, the second harmonic pulse with spectrum width of 28 nm and pulse width of 79 fs is obtained at the peak density of 4.3 GW/cm2, and the conversion efficiency is up to 54%. For SHG of type 0, the second harmonic pulse with spectrum width of 2.1 nm is obtained at the peak density of 3.7 GW/cm2, and the conversion efficiency is up to 40%. The key points of the evolution for fundamental pulse and second harmonic pulse in SHG process are analyzed, which are the phase-match of femtosecond pulse multi-wavelength components of fundamental wave in frequency domain and the group-velocity-match of fundamental pulse and second harmonic pulse in time domain. It is found that the spectral width can keep constant in the propagation when the phase-match of multi-wavelength components is satisfied. However, the spectral width will gradually become narrower with the increase of the propagation distance when the phase-match of the center wavelength is satisfied only.

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    Huang Zhangchao, Zhang Wending, Lin Hongyi, Xu Yingchao, Shen Hanxin, Ruan Jianjian, Sun Dong, Wang Heng, Zhu Wenzhang. Broadband Second Harmonic Generation of Femtosecond Pulses at Magnitude of GW/cm2[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2017, 37(3): 332001

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    Category: Ultrafast Optics

    Received: Nov. 14, 2016

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 8, 2017

    The Author Email: Zhangchao Huang (huangzc@xmut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/aos201737.0332001

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