Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification
Optics Letters, Vol. 30, Issue 21, pp. 2921-2923 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.30.002921
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Abstract
We report on direct observation of temporal contrast degradation of short pulses amplified by optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification. We show that, despite injection seeding, quantum-noise-induced fast modulations (<50 ps) of the temporal profile of the pump pulse are imprinted on the spectrum of the amplified chirped pulse and give rise to a large picosecond pedestal in the time domain.
© 2005 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
(320.7090) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast lasers
ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics
Citation
Nicolas Forget, Arnaud Cotel, Erik Brambrink, Patrick Audebert, Catherine Le Blanc, Aurélie Jullien, Olivier Albert, and Gilles Chériaux, "Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification," Opt. Lett. 30, 2921-2923 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-30-21-2921
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