Generation of high-contrast, high-intense laser pulses by use of nonlinear pre-amplifier in Ti:sapphire laser system

Author

Kiriyama, Hiromotsu ; Mori, Michiaki ; Daito, Izuru ; Nakai, Yoshiki ; Shimomura, Takuya ; Tanoue, Manabu ; Akutsu, Atsushi ; Kondo, Shuji ; Kanazawa, Shuhei ; Okada, Hajime ; Motomura, Tomohiro ; Daido, Hiroyuki ; Kimura, Toyoaki ; Tajima, Toshiki

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report the first high-contrast, high-intense Ti:sapphire chirped-pulse amplification laser system incorporating a nonlinear pre-amplifier based on an optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification for use in experiments where relativistic effects dominate the physics.

Keywords

chirp modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; preamplifiers; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; Ti:sapphire laser system; chirped-pulse amplification laser system; laser pulse generation; nonlinear pre-amplifier; optical parametric amplification; relativistic effects; Atom lasers; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; (140.3280) Laser amplifiers; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572453