Title :
3D OPCPA simulations for a petawatt class system including nonlinear refractive index effects
Author :
Thai, Alexandre ; Skrobol, Christoph ; Bates, Philip K. ; Arisholm, Gunnar ; Major, Zsuzsanna ; Krausz, Ferenc ; Karsch, Stefan ; Biegert, Jens
Author_Institution :
ICFO-Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Castelldefels, Spain
Abstract :
We present 3D OPCPA simulations for 3.67 J, 4 fs transform limited pulses. Including nonlinear refractive index effects reduces the energy by ~11%, increases the transform limit by ~17%, and reduces peak intensity by ~30%.
Keywords :
amplification; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric amplifiers; refractive index; 3D OPCPA simulations; energy 3.67 J; nonlinear refractive index; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; petawatt class system; pulse energy; time 4 fs; transformation limit; Crystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
