• DocumentCode
    2928469
  • Title

    Prepulse contrast enhancement of an intense laser pulse by a combination of regenerative and optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers

  • Author

    Kiriyama, Hiromitsu ; Inoue, Norihiro ; Nakai, Yoshiki ; Yamamoto, Yoichi ; Akahane, Yutaka ; Yamakawa, Koichi

  • Author_Institution
    Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Japan; kiriyama@apr.jaeri.go.jp
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    30-02 Aug. 2005
  • Firstpage
    1721
  • Lastpage
    1722
  • Abstract
    By employing optical parametric chirped pulse amplification after a regenerative amplifier in a Ti:sapphire chirped pulse amplification system, we improved for the first time the prepulse contrast to be better than 4.4 × 10-11.
  • Keywords
    Chirp; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9242-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569867
  • Filename
    1569867