Synchronization of three master oscillators for multi-petawatt OPCPA laser system

Author

Palashov, O.V. ; Katin, E. ; Luchinin, G. ; Khazanov, E.A.

Author_Institution

RAS, Nizhny Novgorod

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) is widely used instead of traditional chirped pulse amplification in femtosecond lasers. In this paper we describe synchronization of the cw femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser with two Q-switched Nd:YLF master oscillators, In experiment we achieved a jitter between the cw fs Cr:forsterite laser and the Nd:YLF master oscillator as low as 100ps and jitter between two Nd:YLF master oscillators as low as 200ps. It satisfies requirements for the multi-petawatt OPCPA laser system.

Keywords

Q-switching; chirp modulation; chromium; high-speed optical techniques; jitter; lithium compounds; magnesium compounds; neodymium; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; synchronisation; Mg₂SiO₄:Cr; Q-switched Nd:YLF master oscillators; YLF:Nd; cw femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser; jitter; master oscillators synchronisation; multipetawatt OPCPA laser system; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; Chirp; Delay lines; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386333

Filename

4386333