• DocumentCode
    1771697
  • Title

    High gain frequency domain optical parametric amplifier (FOPA) preserves ps pulse contrast

  • Author

    Lassonde, Philippe ; Boivin, Maxime ; Arissian, Ladan ; Legare, Francois ; Schmidt, B.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre Energie Mater. et Telecommun., Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci., Varennes, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    800nm, nJ level pulses are amplified >2.000 times in a single 2mm BBO crystal, pumped by picosecond 400nm pulses. Experiments evidence that the picosecond pulse contrast within the pump window remains unchanged upon amplification.
  • Keywords
    barium compounds; boron compounds; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical windows; solid lasers; BBO; BBO crystal; high gain frequency domain optical parametric amplifier; picosecond pulse contrast; pump window; size 2 mm; wavelength 400 nm; wavelength 800 nm; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989563