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Frequency domain optical parametric amplification

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Schmidt, Bruno E., Thiré, Nicolas, Boivin, Maxime, Laramée, Antoine, Poitras, François, Lebrun, Guy, Ozaki, Tsuneyuki, Ibrahim, Heide +1 more·2014·Nature Communications

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Today’s ultrafast lasers operate at the physical limits of optical materials to reach extreme performances. Amplification of single-cycle laser pulses with their corresponding octave-spanning spectra still remains a formidable challenge since the universal dilemma of gain narrowing sets limits for both real level pumped amplifiers as well as parametric amplifiers. We demonstrate that employing parametric amplification in the frequency domain rather than in time domain opens up new design opportunities for ultrafast laser science, with the potential to generate single-cycle multi-terawatt pulses. Fundamental restrictions arising from phase mismatch and damage threshold of nonlinear laser crystals are not only circumvented but also exploited to produce a synergy between increased seed spectrum and increased pump energy. This concept was successfully demonstrated by generating carrier envelope phase stable, 1.43 mJ two-cycle pulses at 1.8 μm wavelength. Optical parametric amplification is a process that amplifies the power of laser pulses. Here, Schmidt and colleagues demonstrate that performing this amplification in the frequency domain rather than the optical domain could lead to higher power outputs.

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  • Our team has recently demonstrated the concept of frequency-domain optical parametric amplification (FOPA) to maintain and efficiently amplify few-cycle pulses.

    “To maintain and efficiently amplify few-cycle pulses, our team has recently demonstrated the concept of frequency-domain optical parametric amplification (FOPA) [157].”

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Authors
Schmidt, B. E., Thiré, N., Boivin, M., Laramée, A., Poitras, F., Lebrun, G., Ozaki, T., Ibrahim, H., & Légaré, F.
Affiliations
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (CA)
Corresponding author
  • Schmidt, Bruno E.
  • Légaré, François
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2014-05-07
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
3643-3643
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2014077910
Cited by
179
References
33
Citations by year
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12.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Ministère du Développement Économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies
  • Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
Keywords
optical parametric amplification, single-cycle laser pulses, gain narrowing, carrier-envelope phase stability, phase mismatch, damage threshold, ultrafast lasers, mid-infrared pulses

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