Intense ultraviolet–visible–infrared full-spectrum laser

Lihong Hong; Liqiang Liu; Yuanyuan Liu; Junyu Qian; Renyu Feng; Wenkai Li; Yanyan Li; Yujie Peng; Yuxin Leng; Ruxin Li; Zhi-Yuan Li

doi:10.1038/s41377-023-01256-6

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Intense ultraviolet–visible–infrared full-spectrum laser

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- Intense ultraviolet–visible–infrared full-spectrum laser
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 12, Issue 9, Pages: 1902-1910(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
  2.State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanic Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Author bio：
  
  Ruxin Li (ruxinli@mail.shcnc.ac.cn)
  Zhi-Yuan Li (phzyli@scut.edu.cn)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-023-01256-6
  CLC：
- Published：30 September 2023，
  
  Published Online：22 August 2023，
  
  Received：10 April 2023，
  
  Revised：27 July 2023，
  
  Accepted：07 August 2023
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Hong, L. H. et al. Intense ultraviolet–visible–infrared full-spectrum laser. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 1902-1910 (2023).
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Hong, L. H. et al. Intense ultraviolet–visible–infrared full-spectrum laser. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 1902-1910 (2023). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-023-01256-6.

摘要

Abstract

A high-brightness ultrabroadband supercontinuum white laser is desirable for various fields of modern science. Here

we present an intense ultraviolet-visible-infrared full-spectrum femtosecond laser source (with 300–5000 nm 25 dB bandwidth) with 0.54 mJ per pulse. The laser is obtained by sending a 3.9 μm

3.3 mJ mid-infrared pump pulse into a cascaded architecture of gas-filled hollow-core fiber

a bare lithium niobate crystal plate

and a specially designed chirped periodically poled lithium niobate crystal

under the synergic action of second and third order nonlinearities such as high harmonic generation and self-phase modulation. This full-spectrum femtosecond laser source can provide a revolutionary tool for optical spectroscopy and find potential applications in physics

chemistry

biology

material science

industrial processing

and environment monitoring.

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