Generation of few-cycle terawatt light pulses using optical parametric chirped pulse amplification | Zendy

Stefan Witte | Zendy; R. Th. Zinkstok | Zendy; W. Hogervorst | Zendy; K. S. E. Eikema | Zendy

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Generation of few-cycle terawatt light pulses using optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

Author(s) -

Stefan Witte,

R. Th. Zinkstok,

W. Hogervorst,

K. S. E. Eikema

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

optics express

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 271

ISSN - 1094-4087

DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.004903

Subject(s) - optics , chirped pulse amplification , materials science , optical parametric amplifier , regenerative amplification , pulse compression , amplifier , pulse (music) , laser , ultrashort pulse , optical amplifier , femtosecond pulse shaping , sapphire , bandwidth limited pulse , optoelectronics , physics , telecommunications , radar , cmos , detector , computer science

We demonstrate the generation of 9.8+/-0.3 fs laser pulses with a peak power exceeding one terawatt at 30 Hz repetition rate, using optical parametric chirped pulse amplification. The amplifier is pumped by 140 mJ, 60 ps pulses at 532 nm, and amplifies seed pulses from a Ti:Sapphire oscillator to 23 mJ/pulse, resulting in 10.5 mJ/pulse after compression while amplified fluorescence is kept below 1%. We employ grating-based stretching and compression in combination with an LCD phase-shaper, allowing compression close to the Fourier limit of 9.3 fs.

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