Title :
Prepulse contrast enhancement of an intense laser pulse by a combination of regenerative and optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers
Author :
Kiriyama, Hiromitsu ; Inoue, Norihiro ; Nakai, Yoshiki ; Yamamoto, Yoichi ; Akahane, Yutaka ; Yamakawa, Koichi
Author_Institution :
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Japan; kiriyama@apr.jaeri.go.jp
Abstract :
By employing optical parametric chirped pulse amplification after a regenerative amplifier in a Ti:sapphire chirped pulse amplification system, we improved for the first time the prepulse contrast to be better than 4.4 × 10-11.
Keywords :
Chirp; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569867