Open AccessControlling the phase matching conditions of optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification using partially deuterated KDP
Author(s) -
Kazuhiko Ogawa,
K. Sueda,
Y. Akahane,
M. Aoyama,
K. Tsuji,
Kana Fujioka,
T. Kanabe,
Koichi Yamakawa,
Noriaki Miyanaga
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.007744
Subject(s) - optics , optical parametric amplifier , broadband , phase matching , chirped pulse amplification , materials science , wavelength , optical amplifier , parametric statistics , bandwidth (computing) , ultrashort pulse , laser , physics , telecommunications , statistics , mathematics , computer science
Using a partially deuterated KDP crystal for an optical parametric amplifier, we demonstrated ultrabroadband optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification of more than 250 nm bandwidth at a center wavelength of 1050 nm. We numerically show how to control the broadband phase matching conditions at different wavelengths to match center wavelengths of suitable broadband seed sources by adjusting the deuteration level in partially deuterated KDP.