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A scheme for the generation of an ultra-broadband, near-infrared beam from a Ti:sapphire source is proposed with the aim to serve as seed pulse of a petawatt-field synthesizer (Major et al. in Rev. Laser Eng. 37:431, 2009). The idler beam of a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier, pumped at the second harmonic of the Ti:sapphire output, displays the required bandwidth, albeit with an inherent angular chirp owing to the noncollinear geometry. We propose a scheme for the compensation of this angular dispersion which consists of a diffraction grating, a telescope and a deformable mirror. The suitability of this scheme is discussed quantitatively and preliminary experimental findings are shown.
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Wang, TJ., Major, Z., Ahmad, I. et al. Ultra-broadband near-infrared pulse generation by noncollinear OPA with angular dispersion compensation. Appl. Phys. B 100, 207–214 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-009-3800-9
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