TY - GEN
T1 - Generation of Multicolor Pulse Bursts for Pumping Long-Wave Infrared Optical Parametric Amplifiers
AU - Jutas, Rokas
AU - Roman, Joris
AU - Astrauskas, Ignas
AU - Polynkin, Pavel
AU - Kaksis, Edgar
AU - Floery, Tobias
AU - Kolenda, Jonas
AU - Bartulevičius, Tadas
AU - Michailovas, Kirilas
AU - Michailovas, Andrejus
AU - Baltuška, Andrius
AU - Pugžlys, Audrius
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - High-peak-power mid- and long-wave infrared (MWIR and LWIR) optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers (OPCPAs) based on highly nonlinear ZGP crystals operating above the wavelength of 5 μm require high-energy picosecond pump pulses centered at wavelengths exceeding 2 μm [1]. These can be generated directly in laser amplifiers, based on Ho-doped or Cr-doped crystals or in cascaded optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs). As pump sources for the 2-μm OPAs, laser systems operating in the vicinity of 1-μm are optimal, since both the signal and the idler pulses from the OPA can be used for subsequent pumping of ZGP crystals. For the generation of high-energy picosecond pulses around 1 μm Nd-doped laser amplifiers are predominantly employed. However, energy scaling in these amplifiers is limited, as chirped pulse amplification (CPA) technique [2] is hardly applicable because of the narrow amplification bandwidth.
AB - High-peak-power mid- and long-wave infrared (MWIR and LWIR) optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers (OPCPAs) based on highly nonlinear ZGP crystals operating above the wavelength of 5 μm require high-energy picosecond pump pulses centered at wavelengths exceeding 2 μm [1]. These can be generated directly in laser amplifiers, based on Ho-doped or Cr-doped crystals or in cascaded optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs). As pump sources for the 2-μm OPAs, laser systems operating in the vicinity of 1-μm are optimal, since both the signal and the idler pulses from the OPA can be used for subsequent pumping of ZGP crystals. For the generation of high-energy picosecond pulses around 1 μm Nd-doped laser amplifiers are predominantly employed. However, energy scaling in these amplifiers is limited, as chirped pulse amplification (CPA) technique [2] is hardly applicable because of the narrow amplification bandwidth.
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U2 - 10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC57999.2023.10232347
DO - 10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC57999.2023.10232347
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85175734298
T3 - 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023
BT - 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023
Y2 - 26 June 2023 through 30 June 2023
ER -