Highly efficient optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification based on BiB3O6 and β-BaB2O4 crystals at low pump intensity

被引：2

作者：

Yun, In Ho ^{[1
]}

Hong, Sung-Ki ^{[2
]}

Kim, Hee Jin ^{[2
]}

Lim, Changhwan ^{[2
]}

Yoon, Choon Sup ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Taejon 305701, South Korea

[2] Korea Atom Energy Res Inst, Quantum Opt Ctr, Taejon 305353, South Korea

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 2011年 / 284卷 / 09期

关键词：

PETAWATT LASER; AMPLIFIER; POWER; BIBO; GENERATION; SYSTEM; LIGHT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.optcom.2011.01.027

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report a very high signal gain of 1.13 x 10(7) at a low pump intensity of 260 MW/cm(2) in a two-stage optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier (OPCPA), which is used as a pre-amplifier for a short-pulse front-end Nd:glass high-energy laser system. A signal energy of 0.17 nJ was amplified to 2 mJ with a central wavelength of 1053 nm and a repetition rate of 10 Hz using the OPCPA with a 15 mm-long BBO crystal at optical parametric amplifier (OPA) stage 1 and a 12 mm-long BiBO crystal at OPA stage 2. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：2341 / 2344

页数：4

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