Demonstration of high peak power, high contrast OPCPA/Ti:sapphire hybrid laser system

Author

Kiriyama, H. ; Mori, M. ; Nakai, Y. ; Shimomura, T. ; Tanoue, M. ; Okada, H. ; Kondo, S. ; Kanazawa, S. ; Sagisaka, A. ; Daito, I. ; Nishiuchi, M. ; Ogura, K. ; Orimo, S. ; Pirozhkov, A.S. ; Kotaki, H. ; Sasao, H. ; Wakai, D. ; Tanaka, M. ; Ochi, Y. ; Suz

Author_Institution

Adv. Photon Res. Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

30-3 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We have demonstrated over 30 J broadband output energy based on optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) and Ti:sapphire chirped-pulse amplification (CPA), indicating potential for peak power of 500 TW with extremely high temporal contrast.

Keywords

chirp modulation; laser beams; optical materials; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; broadband output energy; high contrast OPCPA; hybrid laser system; optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification; power 500 TW; titanium doped sapphire CPA; Chirp; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Preamplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; Ti:sapphire laser; chirped-pulse amplification (CPA); optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3829-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3830-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292370

Filename

5292370