Dispersion control over the ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared spectral range with HfO2/SiO2-chirped dielectric multilayers.
We report the first realization, to the best of our knowledge, of a chirped multilayer dielectric mirror providing dispersion control over the spectral range of 300-900 nm and the first use of hafnium oxide in a chirped mirror. The technology opens the door to the reliable and reproducible generation of monocycle laser pulses in the blue-violet spectral range, will benefit the development of optical waveform and frequency-comb synthesizers over the ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared spectral range, and permits the development of ultrabroadband-chirped multilayers for high-power applications.
Pervak
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Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse, Germany. volodymyr.pervak@mpq.mpg.de
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