Femtosecond optical parametric amplification in BBO and KTA driven by a Ti:sapphire laser for LIDT testing and diagnostic development

Alexander R. Meadows; Josef Cupal; Petr Hříbek; Michal Ďurák; Daniel Kramer; Bedřich Rus

doi:10.1117/12.2265009

11 May 2017 Femtosecond optical parametric amplification in BBO and KTA driven by a Ti:sapphire laser for LIDT testing and diagnostic development

Alexander R. Meadows; Josef Cupal; Petr Hříbek; Michal Ďurák; Daniel Kramer; Bedřich Rus

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Proceedings Volume 10238, High-Power, High-Energy, and High-Intensity Laser Technology III; 102380E (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2265009
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic

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We present the design of a collinear femtosecond optical parametric amplification (OPA) system producing a tunable output at wavelengths between 1030 nm and 1080 nm from a Ti:Sapphire pump laser at a wavelength of 795 nm. Generation of a supercontinuum seed pulse is followed by one stage of amplification in Beta Barium Borate (BBO) and two stages of amplification in Potassium Titanyle Arsenate (KTA), resulting in a 225 μJ output pulse with a duration of 90 fs. The output of the system has been measured by self-referenced spectral interferometry to yield the complete spectrum and spectral phase of the pulse. When compared to KTP, the greater transparency of KTA in the spectral range from 3 - 4 μm allows for reduced idler absorption and enhanced gain from the OPA process when it is pumped by the fundamental frequency of a Ti:sapphire laser. In turn, the use of the Ti:sapphire fundamental at 795 nm as a pump improves the efficiency with which light can be converted to wavelengths between 1030 nm and 1080 nm and subsequently used to test components for Nd-based laser systems. This OPA system is operated at 1 kHz for diagnostic development and laser-induced damage threshold testing of optical components for the ELI-Beamlines project.

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Alexander R. Meadows, Josef Cupal, Petr Hříbek, Michal Ďurák, Daniel Kramer, Bedřich Rus, "Femtosecond optical parametric amplification in BBO and KTA driven by a Ti:sapphire laser for LIDT testing and diagnostic development", Proc. SPIE 10238, High-Power, High-Energy, and High-Intensity Laser Technology III, 102380E (11 May 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2265009; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2265009

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