Title :
Fourier plane optical parametric amplification enables simultaneous up-scaling laser pulse energy and bandwidth
Author :
Schmidt, B.E. ; Thire, N. ; Boivin, Maxime ; Laramee, Antoine ; Poitras, Francois ; Lebrun, G. ; Ozaki, Takashi ; Kieffer, Jean-Claude ; Ibrahim, Haidi ; Legare, Francois
Author_Institution :
INRS-EMT, Varennes, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Employing parametric amplification in the Fourier domain rather than in time domain circumvents phase mismatch and damage threshold limitations of laser amplifiers and enabled CEP stable, 1.43mJ, sub-two cycle pulses at 1.8μm.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase matching; Fourier domain; Fourier plane optical parametric amplification; damage threshold limitations; laser bandwidth; phase mismatch; simultaneous up-scaling laser pulse energy; Bandwidth; Crystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
