Abstract

There is an increasing interest for bulk-generated supercontinuum (SC) [1] to be used as a seed for broadband optical parametric amplification (OPA) systems. In particular, robust high-power ytterbium-based amplified femtosecond laser systems can be used both as a pump source for the OPA system and for the SC generation, thereby providing optical synchronization between signal and pump. In this contribution, we report on the full bandwidth spectral and spatial correlation analysis of a mid-infrared SC generated by focusing μJ femtosecond pulses from a high-energy ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier in bulk YAG.

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