• DocumentCode
    3005650
  • Title

    Generation of Terawatt Sub-8 fs Laser Pulses Using Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplification

  • Author

    Witte, S. ; Zinkstok, R. Th ; Wolf, A.L. ; Kandula, D. ; Renault, A. ; Hogervorst, W. ; Ubachs, W. ; Eikema, K.S.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Laser Centre Vrije Univ., Amsterdam
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Generation of 2 TW few-cycle laser pulses (7.6 fs) is demonstrated using optical chirped pulse amplification at a 30 Hz repetition rate. Aspects such as fluorescence, pulse contrast, phase stability, and applications are discussed.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; fluorescence; laser beams; laser stability; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; fluorescence; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; phase stability; power 2 TW; pulse contrast; solid laser; terawatt laser pulse generation; time 8 fs; Chirp; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452635
  • Filename
    4452635