A source of 2 terawatt, 2.7 cycle laser pulses based on noncollinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

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作者：
Witte, S. [1 ]
Zinkstok, R. Th. [1 ]
Wolf, A. L. [1 ]
Hogervorst, W. [1 ]
Ubachs, W. [1 ]
Eikema, K. S. E. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Atom Mol & Laser Phys Grp, Ctr Laser, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
来源：
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2006年 / 14卷 / 18期
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D O I：
10.1364/OE.14.008168
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We demonstrate a noncollinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier system that produces 7.6 fs pulses with a peak power of 2 terawatt at 30 Hz repetition rate. Using an ultra-broadband Ti: Sapphire seed oscillator and grating-based stretching and compression combined with an LCD phase-shaper, we amplify a 310 nm wide spectrum with a total gain of 3 x 10(7), and compress it within 5% of its Fourier limit. The total integrated parametric fluorescence is kept below 0.2%, leading to a pre-pulse contrast of 2 x 10(-8) on picosecond timescales. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.
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页码：8168 / 8177
页数：10
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