Amplification of femtosecond pulses at $1.56\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{m}$ based on noncollinear parametric chirped pulse amplification in a potassium titanyl arsenate (KTA) crystal with pumping at $1.05\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{m}$ is reported. The $100\mathrm{fs}$ pulses of an erbium fiber laser are parametrically amplified while synchronously pumped by an amplified mode-locked Nd:YLF laser. This amplifier has a saturated gain of $65\mathrm{dB}$ with 30% conversion efficiency and has produced $160\mathrm{fs}$ pulses with peak powers of up to $0.75\mathrm{GW}$ . The system produced $380\mathrm{mW}$ before compression and can be readily scaled to the multiwatt range with bandwidths to support sub- $100\mathrm{f}\mathrm{s}$ pulses.

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