Frontend light source for short-pulse pumped OPCPA system

被引：40
作者：
Ahmad, I. [1 ]
Trushin, S. A. [1 ]
Major, Z. [1 ,2 ]
Wandt, C. [1 ]
Klingebiel, S. [1 ]
Wang, T. -J. [1 ]
Pervak, V. [1 ,2 ]
Popp, A. [1 ]
Siebold, M. [1 ]
Krausz, F. [1 ,2 ]
Karsch, S. [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Max Planck Inst Quantenopt MPQ, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[2] Univ Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
来源：
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2009年 / 97卷 / 03期
关键词：
FEW-CYCLE PULSES; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES; ELECTRON-BEAMS; LASER-PULSES; GENERATION; SUPERCONTINUUM; COMPRESSION; SYNCHRONIZATION; ULTRABROADBAND;
D O I：
10.1007/s00340-009-3599-4
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We present the development of a light source for generating optically synchronized seed pulses both for the parametric amplifier chain and the pump-laser chain of the Petawatt Field Synthesizer (PFS), which is currently under construction at MPQ. The PFS system aims at delivering waveform-controlled few-cycle laser pulses with PW-scale peak power using optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA). Methods of generating the broadband near-infrared (NIR) seed pulses for the OPCPA chain by spectral broadening using few-cycle pulses are presented. We also demonstrate the generation of a supercontinuum spanning up to three octaves (270-1500 nm) using cascaded hollow-core fibers which supports sub-cycle pulse duration.
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页码：529 / 536
页数：8
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