Cavity-enhanced optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification

被引：9

作者：

Ilday, FÖ ^{[1
]}

Kärtner, FX

机构：

[1] MIT, Dept Elect Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[2] MIT, Comp Sci & Res Lab Elect, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2006年 / 31卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.31.000637

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

A novel method for the generation of high-energy ultrashort optical pulses is described and studied theoretically and numerically. Through the combination of parametric amplification and enhancement cavities, this method opens a route to generate few-cycle pulses at unprecedented average power levels through the use of a low-energy, high average-power pump source and energy storage in the enhancement cavity. Dispersion in the enhancement cavity ceases to be a concern with the use Of long PUMP Pulses. Limitations set by the Kerr nonlinearity of the amplifier crystal are analyzed, and ways to overcome them using self-defocusing nonlinearities are discussed. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

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页码：637 / 639

页数：3

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