DocumentCode
2899896
Title
High energy optical parametric chirped pulse amplification system
Author
Chekhlov, O. ; Collier, J.L. ; Ross, I.N. ; Bates, P. ; Notley, M. ; Shaikh, W. ; Danson, C.N. ; Neely, D. ; Matousek, P. ; Hancock, S.
Author_Institution
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK
fYear
2005
fDate
12-17 June 2005
Firstpage
406
Abstract
We have experimentally demonstrated a large-scale optical parametric chirped pulse amplification to the level of 35 J. This is believed the highest energy of amplified pulse achieved by the OPCPA technique. The large scale OPCPA demonstrated broadband gain bandwidth with high optical quality and compressability of the amplified pulse. The measured amplified pulsewidth after compression was 85 fs indicating a potential peak power of over 0.35 PW.
Keywords
chirp modulation; laser beams; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; 35 J; 85 fs; OPCPA; amplified pulse compressability; amplified pulsewidth; broadband gain; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification system; optical quality; Bandwidth; Chirp; Large-scale systems; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Power measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8974-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568185
Filename
1568185
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