Title :
Generation of three-cycle, 16 TW light pulses by use of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification
Author :
Herrmann, Daniel ; Veisz, Laszlo ; Tautz, Raphael ; Buck, Alexander ; Tavella, Franz ; Schmid, Karl ; Pervak, Vladimir ; Scharrer, Michael ; Russell, Philip ; Krausz, Ferenc
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck Inst. fur Quantenopt., Garching, Germany
Abstract :
We report the first generation of three-cycle, 8 fs, 125 mJ optical pulses in a noncollinear optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier (NOPCPA) operating at 805 nm central wavelength. These 16 TW laser pulses are compressed to within 5% of their Fourier limit. These parameters come in combination with an amplified pulse contrast-ratio of 10-5 at Deltat=plusmn5ps and >10-7 at t<-5ps limited by the detection barrier. Numerical split-step simulations are performed to investigate potential improvements for the NOPCPA laser system.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; Fourier limit; NOPCPA laser system; detection barrier; energy 125 mJ; laser pulses; noncollinear optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; optical pulses; power 16 TW; three-cyclelight pulse generation; time 8 fs; wavelength 805 nm; Chirp; Nonlinear optics; Numerical simulation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196352
