title: Femtosecond supercontinuum generation in a quadratic nonlinear medium (KDP).
abstract: We report the first ever femtosecond supercontinuum generation in a KDP crystal using ~100 fs pulses at 790 nm irradiation. Due to the quadratic nonlinearities of the KDP crystal an enhanced bandwidth of 385 -960 nm is generated. The spatial and temporal coherence of the generated white light is demonstrated using Young's double slit interference configuration and a Michelson interferometer.
authors.forename: N K M Naga
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.forename: S Sree
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Harsha
authors.forename: D Narayana
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Rao