Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 5, 051901(2022)

Generation of sub-three-cycle pulses at 53 MHz repetition rate via nonlinear compression in optical parametric oscillator

Lixin Yuan1, Yu Cai1, Yuxi Chu1,2, Jintao Fan1、*, and Minglie Hu1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Ultrafast Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Georgia Tech Shenzhen Institute (GTSI), Tianjin University, Shenzhen 518067, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Dec. 29, 2021

    Accepted: Feb. 18, 2022

    Published Online: Mar. 11, 2022

    The Author Email: Jintao Fan (fanjintao@tju.edu.cn), Minglie Hu (huminglie@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.051901

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