Title :
Ultrabroad Bandwidth of Optical Parametric Amplifiers
Author :
Piskarskas, Algis Petras ; Stabinis, Algirdas Petras ; Pyragaite, Viktorija
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Quantum Electron., Vilnius Univ., Vilnius, Lithuania
fDate :
7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers (OPCPAs) are widely recognized and rapidly developing devices for high-power femtosecond pulse generation. In this paper we reveal the main issues of OPCPA gain bandwidth extension for amplification of pulses with octave-spanning spectra.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; high-power femtosecond pulse generation; octave-spanning spectra; optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier; pulse amplification; ultrabroad gain bandwidth extension; Bandwidth; Chirp; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical devices; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; Chirped pulse; femtosecond laser; optical parametric amplification;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2010.2042926
