DocumentCode
1166809
Title
Femtosecond optical pulse amplification
Author
Knox, Wayne H.
Author_Institution
AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Volume
24
Issue
2
fYear
1988
fDate
2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
388
Lastpage
397
Abstract
A number of techniques have been developed for amplification of optical pulses of approximately 100-fs duration. These amplifiers span a wide range of operating parameters from kilowatt to gigawatt peak powers and from 10 Hz to megahertz repetition rates. Amplification of femtosecond pulses has also been demonstrated at several wavelengths including visible, near-infrared, and ultraviolet regions. Several problems arise when amplifying short optical pulses to very high intensities. The problems are discussed and the state of the art of femtosecond optical pulse amplification is reviewed
Keywords
optical parametric amplifiers; reviews; 1 kW to 1 GW; 100 fs; operating parameters; optical pulse amplification; peak powers; repetition rates; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/3.136
Filename
136
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