Multi-stage optimization of ultrabroadband high-energy optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

Author

Moses, Jeffrey ; Manzoni, Cristian ; Huang, Shu-Wei ; Cerullo, Giulio ; Kärtner, Franz X.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present a procedure for simultaneous optimization of efficiency-bandwidth product and superfluorescence noise suppression in ultrabroadband high-energy optical parametric chirped pulse amplification. Gain dependence of parameters makes stage-by-stage signal chirp optimization necessary in multi-stage amplification.

Keywords

chirp modulation; fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optimisation; efficiency-bandwidth product; laser amplification; multistage optimization; stage-by-stage signal chirp optimization; superfluorescence noise suppression; ultrabroadband high-energy optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; Bandwidth; Chirp; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225449