100 THz bandwidth of optical parametric amplification in the near-IR using bismuth triborate crystals pumped at 800 nm

Here we report on ultrabroadband optical parametric amplification (OPA) in the relatively new nonlinear crystal bismuth triborate, BiB306 (BIBO), pumped by the fundamental of a 1 kHz Ti:sapphire laser system (lambda
_p
=800 nm).