Highly stable ultrabroadband mid-IR optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier optimized for superfluorescence suppression
Date
2009
Authors
Moses, J.
Huang, S. W.
Hong, K. H.
Mucke, O. D.
Falcao Filho, E. L.
Benedick, A.
Ilday, F. O.
Dergachev, A.
Bolger, J. A.
Eggleton, B. J.
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Source Title
Optics Letters
Print ISSN
0146-9592
Electronic ISSN
1539-4794
Publisher
Optical Society of America
Volume
34
Issue
11
Pages
1639 - 1641
Language
English
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Abstract
We present a 9 GW peak power, three-cycle, 2.2 mu m optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification source with 1.5% rms energy and 150 mrad carrier envelope phase fluctuations. These characteristics, in addition to excellent beam, wavefront, and pulse quality, make the source suitable for long-wavelength-driven high-harmonic generation. High stability is achieved by careful optimization of superfluorescence suppression, enabling energy scaling. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America