Generation of terawatt sub-10 fs laser pulses using optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

Author

Witte, Stefan ; Zinkstok, Roel Th ; Hogervorst, Wim ; Eikema, Kjeld S E

Author_Institution

Laser Centre, Mol. & Laser Phys. Group, Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, Amsterdam

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate the generation of near-Fourier-limited 9.8 plusmn 0.3 fs laser pulses with an intensity exceeding a terawatt at 30 Hz repetition rate, using noncollinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplification. Amplified fluorescence is kept below 1%.

Keywords

chirp modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; amplified fluorescence; frequency 30 Hz; frequency comb oscillator; near-Fourier-limited laser pulses; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; pulse compression; terawatt laser pulse generation; time 10 fs; Chirp; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Stimulated emission; (140.3280) Laser amplifiers; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (320.7160) Ultrafast technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628570

Filename

4628570