Title :
Current status of the HERACLES, a millijoule level, multi kHz, few-cycle, and CEP stabilized OPCPA system
Author :
Hemmer, Michaël ; Vaupel, Andreas ; Richardson, Martin
Author_Institution :
Townes Laser Inst., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
A cryogenic-cooling free, few-cycle, carrier-envelope-phase stabilized OPCPA designed to operate at repetition rates as high as 25 kHz with millijoule level energy is presented. Motivation, design issues and current state of the system are reported.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; CEP stabilized OPCPA system; HERACLES; carrier-envelope-phase; frequency 25 kHz; optical parametric amplifiers; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
