Title :
Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification in periodically poled LiTaO3 at multi-kHz repetition rates
Author :
Cho, W.B. ; Kim, K. ; Rotermund, F. ; Lee, J. ; Lim, H. ; Kurimura, S.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Energy Syst. Res., Ajou Univ., Suwon
Abstract :
Double-stage multi-kHz optical parametric chirped pulse amplification is demonstrated near 935 nm and 1235 nm. Using a Cr:forsterite seed laser and two periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3 crystals as gain media, total (signal+idler) amplified energies of 55.7 muJ and 35.6 muJ were obtained at 1 kHz and 5 kHz, respectively.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; LiTaO3; Mg2SiO4:Cr; energy 35.6 muJ; energy 55.7 muJ; frequency 1 kHz; frequency 5 kHz; multi-kHz repetition rates; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; periodically poled stoichiometric crystal; seed laser; Chirp; Crystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391631
