Ultra-broadband optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier based on aperiodically poled Mg:LiNbO3 in the mid-infrared

Author(s):  
C. Heese ◽  
L. Gallmann ◽  
U. Keller ◽  
C. R. Phillips ◽  
M. M. Fejer
Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 503
Author(s):  
Joana Alves ◽  
Hugo Pires ◽  
Celso P. João ◽  
Gonçalo Figueira

We present the design of an ultrafast optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) operating at 3 µm yielding few-cycle pulses and multi-mJ output energy. This design demonstrates that with a configuration of a single crystal or combination of crystals (KTA and MgO:LN) it is possible to achieve output energies above the mJ with sufficient bandwidth to allow compression to just 5-optical cycles. Here, we consider a 1 µm mJ-level picosecond chirped pulse amplifier (CPA), a typical pumping source for this type of non-linear amplifiers. Compression with a simple bulk material enables reaching close to the pulse Fourier-transform limited duration, paving the way to high energy, ultrafast mid-infrared pulses.


Optica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sanchez ◽  
M. Hemmer ◽  
M. Baudisch ◽  
S. L. Cousin ◽  
K. Zawilski ◽  
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