Intense ultraviolet–visible–infrared full-spectrum laser

Lihong Hong; Liqiang Liu; Yuanyuan Liu; Junyu Qian; Renyu Feng; Wenkai Li; Yanyan Li; Yujie Peng; Yuxin Leng; Ruxin Li; Zhi-Yuan Li

doi:10.1038/s41377-023-01256-6

Light: Science & Applications (Aug 2023)

Intense ultraviolet–visible–infrared full-spectrum laser

Lihong Hong,
Liqiang Liu,
Yuanyuan Liu,
Junyu Qian,
Renyu Feng,
Wenkai Li,
Yanyan Li,
Yujie Peng,
Yuxin Leng,
Ruxin Li,
Zhi-Yuan Li

Affiliations

Lihong Hong: School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology
Liqiang Liu: School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology
Yuanyuan Liu: School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology
Junyu Qian: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanic Chinese Academy of Sciences
Renyu Feng: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanic Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenkai Li: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanic Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanyan Li: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanic Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yujie Peng: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanic Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuxin Leng: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanic Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ruxin Li: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanic Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhi-Yuan Li: School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-023-01256-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Abstract A high-brightness ultrabroadband supercontinuum white laser is desirable for various fields of modern science. Here, we present an intense ultraviolet-visible-infrared full-spectrum femtosecond laser source (with 300–5000 nm 25 dB bandwidth) with 0.54 mJ per pulse. The laser is obtained by sending a 3.9 μm, 3.3 mJ mid-infrared pump pulse into a cascaded architecture of gas-filled hollow-core fiber, a bare lithium niobate crystal plate, and a specially designed chirped periodically poled lithium niobate crystal, under the synergic action of second and third order nonlinearities such as high harmonic generation and self-phase modulation. This full-spectrum femtosecond laser source can provide a revolutionary tool for optical spectroscopy and find potential applications in physics, chemistry, biology, material science, industrial processing, and environment monitoring.

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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