DocumentCode
2656435
Title
Recent progress towards a petawatt power using optical parametric chirped pulse amplification
Author
Chekhlov, O. ; Collier, J.L. ; Ross, I.N. ; Bates, P. ; Notley, M. ; Shaikh, W. ; Danson, C.N. ; Neely, D. ; Matousek, P. ; Hancock, S.
Author_Institution
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
2029
Abstract
We present experimental results on the optical parametric chirped pulse amplification and compression of femtosecond pulses. Chirped pulses with spectral width 70 nm were amplified in a three-stage optical parametric amplifier system up to 35 J. The measured amplified pulsewidth after compression was 85 fs indicating a potential peak power of over 0.35 PW.
Keywords
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; 70 nm; 85 fs; femtosecond pulse compression; optical parametric amplifier system; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; petawatt power; Chirp; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN
1-55752-796-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549365
Filename
1549365
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