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A 10-mJ-level compact CPA system based on Yb:KGW for ultrafast optical parametric amplifier pumping

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Abstract

A compact diode-pumped Yb:KGW regenerative amplifier producing 10 Hz, 10-mJ-level picosecond pulses at 1,040 nm is demonstrated. The system is used at the new front end of the PHELIX petawatt laser system to pump an ultrafast optical parametric amplifier for temporal contrast enhancement. Before frequency doubling, a pulse length of ∼1 ps is obtained by using a stretcher/compressor system based on a single large-aperture chirped volume Bragg grating.

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Acknowledgments

This work is partially supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Grant SFRH/BD/68865/2010), LASERLAB-Europe (EC’s FP7, Grant Agreement No. 228334), Association EURATOM/IST, BMBF 06DA90441 and the Helmholtz-Institute Jena.

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  1. GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal

    Celso P. João

  2. Inst. für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 9, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany

    Florian Wagner

  3. Institute for Optics and Quantum Electronics, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Jörg Körner & Joachim Hein

  4. Helmholtz Institute Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Joachim Hein, Jens Limpert & Vincent Bagnoud

  5. Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 07745, Jena, Germany

    Thomas Gottschall & Jens Limpert

  6. GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstr. 1, 64291, Darmstadt, Germany

    Vincent Bagnoud

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João, C.P., Wagner, F., Körner, J. et al. A 10-mJ-level compact CPA system based on Yb:KGW for ultrafast optical parametric amplifier pumping. Appl. Phys. B 118, 401–407 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-015-6003-6

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Keywords

  • Pump Pulse
  • Gain Medium
  • Amplify Spontaneous Emission
  • Small Signal Gain
  • Pockels Cell