Title :
Recent progress towards a petawatt power using optical parametric chirped pulse amplification
Author :
Chekhlov, O. ; Collier, J.L. ; Ross, I.N. ; Bates, P. ; Notley, M. ; Shaikh, W. ; Danson, C.N. ; Neely, D. ; Matousek, P. ; Hancock, S.
Author_Institution :
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK
Abstract :
We present experimental results on the optical parametric chirped pulse amplification and compression of femtosecond pulses. Chirped pulses with spectral width 70 nm were amplified in a three-stage optical parametric amplifier system up to 35 J. The measured amplified pulsewidth after compression was 85 fs indicating a potential peak power of over 0.35 PW.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; 70 nm; 85 fs; femtosecond pulse compression; optical parametric amplifier system; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; petawatt power; Chirp; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549365
