Title :
Development of high power femtosecond lasers based on the optical parametric chirped pulse amplifications
Author :
Xu, Zhi-Zhan ; Zhang, Zheng-quan ; Yang, Xiao-dong ; Lin, Li-huang ; Li, Ru-Xin ; Leng, Yu-xin ; Zhang, Wen-qi ; Lu, Hai-he
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Acad. Sinica, Shanghai, China
Abstract :
The optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) technique is promising for constructing a higher than 100-TW laser system, which is very useful for high intensity physics. We are constructing an OPCPA system generating 10 TW at 1064 nm output for validating system feasibility. The system consists of a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser oscillator, a Nd:YAG/Nd:glass hybrid pump source, three LiB3O 5 (LBO) optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) and a final KH 2PO4 (KDP) OPA stage
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 10 TW; 100 TW; 1064 nm; KH2PO4; LiB3O5; Ti:sapphire laser oscillator; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; femtosecond Ti:sapphire oscillator; high intensity physics; high power femtosecond lasers; hybrid pump source; laser system; optical parametric amplifier; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.968988
