OPCPA Systems for the Amplification of Ultrashort Pulses Up to Millijoules Level

  • A. Renault
  • F. Augé-Rochereau
  • R. Lopez-Martens
  • G. Chériaux
Part of the Springer Series in Optical Sciences book series (SSOS, volume 132)

Abstract

We present a quasicollinear near-degenerate optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier pumped at 1 kHz. Twice the initial spectral bandwidth and a single-pass gain of 2.6 × 104 were obtained after two stages of parametric amplification.

Keywords

Power Amplifier Ultrashort Pulse Spectral Bandwidth Gain Curve Parametric Amplification 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. Renault
    • 1
    • 2
  • F. Augé-Rochereau
    • 1
  • R. Lopez-Martens
    • 1
  • G. Chériaux
    • 1
  1. 1.Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée ENSTAÉcole PolytechniquePalaiseau cedexFrance
  2. 2.Amplitude TechnologiesEvry cedexFrance

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