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We developed a noncollinear optical parametric/Ti:sapphire hybrid chirped pulse amplification system, which consists of a two-pass optical parametric amplifier and multipass Ti:sapphire amplifiers with adaptive phase control. The use of the parametric amplifier instead of a regenerative amplifier broadened the final spectrum significantly, resulting in 11-fs pulses with a peak power of 18 GW at 5 kHz.
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Zhou, X., Lee, H., Kanai, T. et al. An 11-fs, 5-kHz optical parametric/Ti:sapphire hybrid chirped pulse amplification system. Appl. Phys. B 89, 559–563 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-007-2844-y
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