Open AccessAmplification of ultra-short optical pulses in a two-pump fiber optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier
Author(s) -
Arnaud Mussot,
Alexandre Kudlinski,
Patrick Beaure d’Augerès,
Emmanuel Hugonnot
Publication year - 2013
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.21.012197
Subject(s) - optics , optical parametric amplifier , chirped pulse amplification , optical amplifier , bandwidth limited pulse , pulse (music) , optical fiber , amplified spontaneous emission , amplifier , materials science , bandwidth (computing) , ultrashort pulse , parametric statistics , self phase modulation , physics , nonlinear optics , laser , optoelectronics , telecommunications , computer science , statistics , mathematics , cmos , detector
We demonstrate with realistic numerical simulations that fiber optical parametric chirped pulse amplification is able to amplify ultra-short optical pulses. Such amplifiers driven by two-pump waves can amplify pulse bandwidth twice as large as the one of a single pump configuration. We show that pulses as short as 50 fs can be directly amplified. In addition, we take benefit from the saturation regime to achieve spectral broadening which makes possible to reduce pulse duration down to 15 fs.