title: Picosecond infrared-continuum generation by three-photon parametric amplification in LiNbO3.
abstract: Picosecond infrared continua are produced by propagating an intense ultrashort 1.064-microm pulse through a LiNbO(3) crystal set near the degenerate point. Under our experimental conditions, gain broadening is identified as the principal mechanism leading to the superbroad spectral output.
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Campillo
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hyer
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Shapiro