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arXiv2009

Octave spanning spectra and pulse compression by nondegenerate cascaded four-wave mixing: 2D simulation and experiment

We present a theoretical model and respective numerical simulation of cascaded four-wave mixing of femtosecond pulses in bulk chi(3) media, evidencing the importance of two-dimensional interaction geometries in the efficient generation of frequency-converted beams, and in agreement with the experimental results in terms spectral and spatial distribution and efficiency, demonstrating compression without the need of complex amplitude or phase control.

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arXiv2009

Cascaded Nondegenerate Four-Wave Mixing Technique for High-Power Single-Cycle Pulse Synthesis in the Visible and Ultraviolet Ranges

We present a new technique to synthesize high-power single-cycle pulses in the visible and ultraviolet ranges by coherent superposition of a multiband octave-spanning spectrum obtained by highly-nondegenerate cascaded four-wave mixing of femtosecond pulses in bulk isotropic nonresonant media. The generation of coherent spectra spanning over two octaves in bandwidth is experimentally demonstrated using a thin fused silica slide. Full characterization of the intervening multicolored fields using frequency-resolved optical gating, where multiple cascaded orders have been measured simultaneously for the first time, supports the possibility of direct synthesis of near-single-cycle 2.2 fs visible-UV pulses without recurring to complex amplitude or phase control, which should enable many applications in science and technology.

physics.optics↗