Title :
High-power mid-infrared optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier based on aperiodically poled Mg:LiNbO3
Author :
Heese, C. ; Phillips, C.R. ; Gallmann, L. ; Fejer, M.M. ; Keller, U.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We present a mid-infrared optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier (OPCPA) system based on aperiodically poled Mg:LiNbO3 (APPLN). Arbitrarily broad bandwidth is possible because the grating provides a range of k-vectors, phase matching all frequencies of interest. The grating can be engineered to overcome spectral gain narrowing, tailor the group delay dispersion (GDD) over a large bandwidth, and improve efficiency with reduced back-conversion.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; lithium compounds; optical dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase matching; OPCPA system; aperiodically poled Mg:LiNbO3; arbitrarily broad bandwidth; grating; group delay dispersion; high power mid infrared optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier; k-vectors; phase matching; spectral gain narrowing; Bandwidth; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942799