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A compact, multi-pixel parametric light source

Stefano Minardi, Arunas Varanavicius, Algis Piskarskas, Paolo Di Trapani

physics.opticsarXiv:physics/0304027

Abstract

The features of a compact, single pass, multi-pixel optical parametric generator are discussed. Several hundreds of independent high spatial-quality tunable ultrashort pulses were produced by pumping a bulk lithium triborate crystal with an array of tightly focussed intense beams. The array of beams was produced by shining a microlenses array with a large pump beam. Overall conversion efficiency to signal and idler up to 30% of the pump beam has been reported. Shot-to-shot energy fluctuation down to 3% was achieved for the generated radiation.

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