Title :
Efficient optical parametric chirped pulse amplification at 1 kHz using periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3
Author :
Rotermund, Fabian ; Yoon, Chang Jun ; Kurimura, Sunao ; Yu, Nan-Ei ; Kitamura, Kenji ; Petrov, Valentin ; Noack, Frank
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Molecular Sci. & Technol., Ajou Univ., Suwon, South Korea
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-diode-pumped optical parametric chirped pulse amplification at 1-kHz repetition rate in periodically poled 1% MgO-doped stoichiometric LiTaO3 achieving ≈63 dB single pass gain and 315 fs long pulses at 1.57 μm after recompression.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; stoichiometry; 1 kHz; 1.57 mum; 315 fs; LiTaO3; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3; pulse recompression; single pass gain; Chirp; Lasers and electrooptics; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202335