Title :
Efficient femtosecond CPOPA at 1 kHz with all-diode-pumped double stage scheme using PPKTP
Author :
Petrov, Valentin ; Noack, Ferenc
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A practical double-stage CPOPA scheme is demonstrated which provides a compact solution to amplify stretched pulses to the 100 μJ level (signal + idler) at 1 kHz. The amplified signal pulses at 1.574 μm are recompressed to 270 fs.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; potassium compounds; solid lasers; titanium compounds; -diode-pumped double stage scheme; 1 kHz; 1.574 mum; 100 muJ; 270 fs; KTiOPO4; PPKTP; amplified signal pulses; chirped pulse optical parametric amplification; efficient femtosecond CPOPA; practical double-stage CPOPA scheme; signal pulse recompression; stretched pulses amplification; ultrashort pulses; Chirp; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Preamplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277076
