Compression of idler pulses with an identical positive dispersive media to signal pulse stretcher in ultrafast optical-parametric chirped-pulse amplification

Yutaka Akahane; Kanade Ogawa; Koichi Tsuji; Makoto Aoyama; Koichi Yamakawa

doi:10.1117/12.840595

Translator Disclaimer

25 February 2010 Compression of idler pulses with an identical positive dispersive media to signal pulse stretcher in ultrafast optical-parametric chirped-pulse amplification

Yutaka Akahane, Kanade Ogawa, Koichi Tsuji, Makoto Aoyama, Koichi Yamakawa

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 7589, Frontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications X; 75890L (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840595
Event: SPIE LASE, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We have proposed and demonstrated a very simple and robust femtosecond optical-parametric chirped-pulse amplification scheme in which an even order dispersion of an idler pulse is compensated by passing through an identical positive dispersive material used for temporal stretching a signal pulse. By compressing the idler pulses having a negatively chirp in this manner, high power sub-100 fs pulses were successfully obtained with only a transparent glass block used for the stretcher and compressor.

Citation Download Citation

Yutaka Akahane, Kanade Ogawa, Koichi Tsuji, Makoto Aoyama, and Koichi Yamakawa "Compression of idler pulses with an identical positive dispersive media to signal pulse stretcher in ultrafast optical-parametric chirped-pulse amplification", Proc. SPIE 7589, Frontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications X, 75890L (25 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840595

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE