Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplifier as an Alternative to Ti:Sapphire Regenerative Amplifiers
Applied Optics, Vol. 41, Issue 15, pp. 2923-2929 (2002)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.41.002923
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Abstract
We demonstrated a high-pulse energy, femtosecond-pulse source based on optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification. We successfully amplified 1-μm broadband oscillator pulses to 31 mJ and recompressed them to 310-fs pulse duration, at a 10-Hz repetition rate. The gain in our system is 6 × 107, achieved by the single passing of only 40 mm of gain material pumped by a commercial Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. This relatively simple system replaces a more complex Ti:sapphire regenerative-amplifier-based chirped-pulse amplification system. Numerous features in design and performance of optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifiers make them a preferred alternative to regenerative amplifiers based on Ti:sapphire in the front end of high-peak-power lasers.
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OCIS Codes
(140.3280) Lasers and laser optics : Laser amplifiers
(140.7090) Lasers and laser optics : Ultrafast lasers
(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
Citation
Igor Jovanovic, Brian J. Comaskey, Christopher A. Ebbers, Randal A. Bonner, Deanna M. Pennington, and Edward C. Morse, "Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplifier as an Alternative to Ti:Sapphire Regenerative Amplifiers," Appl. Opt. 41, 2923-2929 (2002)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-41-15-2923
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