title: Intense Cr:forsterite-laser-based supercontinuum source.
abstract: Supercontinuum pulses covering the range from 1100 to 1700 nm with energies >1.0  mJ and excellent beam quality are generated via nonlinear spectral broadening of Cr:forsterite (1240 nm, 110 fs) pulses in pressurized molecular nitrogen. Our spectra, which extend over more than half an octave, offer an attractive alternative to intense few-cycle pulse synthesis in the 1-2 μm range and lend themselves as an important add-on to Cr:forsterite laser technologies.
authors.forename: Ludovit
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haizer
authors.forename: Ignac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bugar
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Serebryannikov
authors.forename: Dusan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lorenc
authors.forename: Frantisek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uherek
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goulielmakis
authors.forename: Aleksei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zheltikov