Title :
Generation of high power, high repetition rate few-cycle pulses from fiber-amplifier-pumped optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification
Author :
Rothhardt, Jan ; Hädrich, Steffen ; Demmler, Stefan ; Limpert, Jens ; Tünnermann, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
We report on high power few-cycle lasers based on OPCPA and fiber laser technology. Recent advances enabled the generation of sub-two cycle pulses with >;10 GW peak power, suitable for high field physics.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; OPCPA; fiber amplifier; fiber laser technology; high power few-cycle lasers; high power high repetition rate few-cycle pulse generation; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; pumping; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110851
