Title :
Development of a multi-terawatt few cycle optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier
Author :
Tavella, F. ; Marcinkevicius, A. ; Krausz, F.
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. fur Quantenopt., Garching
Abstract :
Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification provides a promising alternative for amplification of high-power few-cycle pulses. Our objective is to explore the feasibility of this concept in amplifying 7 fs phase-stabilized pulses till 10 TW power.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; high-power few-cycle pulses; multiterawatt few cycle; optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier; optical pulse compression; phase-stabilized pulses; Chirp; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical variables control; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; (140.4480) Optical Amplifiers; (190.4410) Nonlinear Optics and Parametric Processes; (190.4970) Parametric Oscillators and Amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628571
