Design Considerations for Dispersion Control with a Compact Bonded Grism Stretcher for Broadband Pulse Amplification
Author(s) -
Hiromitsu Kiriyama,
H. Sasao,
A. Sugiyama,
Klaus Ertel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
isrn optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2090-7826
DOI - 10.5402/2012/120827
Subject(s) - grism , chirped pulse amplification , optics , broadband , materials science , dispersion (optics) , optical parametric amplifier , bandwidth (computing) , prism , parametric statistics , ultrashort pulse , optoelectronics , physics , optical amplifier , laser , telecommunications , redshift , computer science , quantum mechanics , galaxy , statistics , mathematics
We report on the design of a compact grism-pair stretcher for a near-infrared noncollinear optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) system. The grisms are produced by bonding a grating to a prism using a resin. The stretcher is capable of controlling a bandwidth of over 300 nm, which is suitable for parametric amplification of few-cycle pulses. After amplification, pulses can be compressed by the dispersion of optical glass, and the residual group-delay can be compensated with an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter (AOPDF).
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