Title :
High energy optical parametric chirped pulse amplification system
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
Abstract :
We have experimentally demonstrated a large-scale optical parametric chirped pulse amplification to the level of 35 J. This is believed the highest energy of amplified pulse achieved by the OPCPA technique. The large scale OPCPA demonstrated broadband gain bandwidth with high optical quality and compressability of the amplified pulse. The measured amplified pulsewidth after compression was 85 fs indicating a potential peak power of over 0.35 PW.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser beams; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; 35 J; 85 fs; OPCPA; amplified pulse compressability; amplified pulsewidth; broadband gain; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification system; optical quality; Bandwidth; Chirp; Large-scale systems; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Power measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568185
