DocumentCode
2157487
Title
Generation of terawatt sub-8 fs laser pulses using noncollinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplification
Author
Renault, A. ; Kandula, D. ; Witte, S. ; Zinkstok, R.T. ; Wolf, A.L. ; Hogervorst, W. ; Ubachs, W. ; Eikema, K.S.E.
Author_Institution
Laser Centre Vrije Univ., Amsterdam
fYear
2007
fDate
17-22 June 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
Here we present a noncollinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (NOPCPA) system that produces 7.6 femtosecond pulses with a peak power exceeding 2 TW at a repetition rate of 30 Hz.
Keywords
barium compounds; chirp modulation; laser beams; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; BBO; BBO crystal laser; noncollinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; terawatt laser pulse generation; time 7.6 fs; Chirp; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-0931-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386252
Filename
4386252
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