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Optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification source suitable for seeding high-energy systems
Y Tang1, I N Ross, C Hernandez-Gomez
1Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxon, United Kingdom. y.tang@rl.ac.uk
Optics Letters
|October 17, 2008
Abstract:
A short-pulse source based on optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) technology has been developed with properties that make it a suitable seed for a high-energy OPCPA system. This source generated a diffraction-limited pulse at 910 nm with a full bandwidth of > 165 nm and a spectrum having a transform-limited pulse duration of less than 15 fs. The technique has potential for generating bandwidths > 200 nm and pulse durations < 10 fs.