Abstract
Efficient broadband four-wave optical parametric amplification in bulk Kerr medium (fused silica) is demonstrated by means of noncollinear phase matching and cylindrical focusing geometry without the onset of beam breakup and filamentation. Amplified signal energy as high as with , pumping at is achieved with pump-to-signal energy conversion close to 10%. More than FWHM parametric gain bandwidth around is demonstrated without imposing angular dispersion on the frequency components of the broadband seed signal.
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