Abstract
Many time-resolved spectroscopy techniques require two broadly and independently tunable, synchronised light pulses. This requirement can be met by optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) [1] and travelling wave optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) [2, 3, 4, 5]. The latter capable of providing higher pulse energies. Our aim was to develop a multikilohertz repetition rate OPA system capable of providing femtosecond/picosecond, synchronised and independently tunable pump and probe pulses in the visible part of the spectrum for time-resolved absorption and resonance Raman spectroscopies.
© 1996 Optical Society of America
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