Multimillijoule optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier as an alternative to Yb:YAG regenerative amplifiers at 1030 nm

Author

Suzuki, M. ; Kiriyama, H. ; Daito, I. ; Okada, H. ; Sato, M. ; Matsuoka, S. ; Tamaoki, Y. ; Yoshii, T. ; Kan, H. ; Bolton, P.R. ; Daido, H.

Author_Institution

Photo-Med. Res. Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, the first Yb femtosecond oscillator based OPCPA demonstrated at 1030 nm and with spectral bandwidth adequate for amplifying femtosecond pulses. Direct laser diode (LD) amplification of 1030 nm light makes this OPCPA a feasible preamplifier for a compact, high contrast, energetic, short pulse laser systems that can be considered for development of laser-driven proton accelerators.

Keywords

chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric amplifiers; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; ytterbium; OPCPA; YAG:Yb; direct laser diode amplification; femtosecond pulse amplification; laser-driven proton accelerator; multimillijoule optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier; regenerative amplifier; short pulse laser system; spectral bandwidth; wavelength 1030 nm; ytterbium femtosecond oscillator; Chirp; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196315

Filename

5196315