• DocumentCode
    500133
  • Title

    1 µJ from a high repetition rate femtosecond optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier in the mid-infrared

  • Author

    Heese, C. ; Erny, C. ; Haag, M. ; Gallmann, L. ; Keller, U.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Quantum Electron., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a mid-infrared optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier with a pulse energy of 1 muJ at 100 kHz repetition rate. Its output is compressed to 92 fs by a prism compressor and characterized by SHG-FROG.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical prisms; optical pulse compression; SHG-FROG; energy 1 muJ; high-repetition rate femtosecond amplifier; mid-infrared optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier; prism compressor; time 92 fs; Chirp; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; (140. 7090) Ultrafast Lasers; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers;
  • 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
    5225515