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Frequency domain optical parametric amplification

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  • Bruno E. Schmidt

    (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications
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  • Nicolas Thiré

    (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications)

  • Maxime Boivin

    (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications)

  • Antoine Laramée

    (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications)

  • François Poitras

    (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications)

  • Guy Lebrun

    (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications)

  • Tsuneyuki Ozaki

    (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications)

  • Heide Ibrahim

    (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications)

  • François Légaré

    (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications)

Abstract

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.

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  • Bruno E. Schmidt & Nicolas Thiré & Maxime Boivin & Antoine Laramée & François Poitras & Guy Lebrun & Tsuneyuki Ozaki & Heide Ibrahim & François Légaré, 2014. "Frequency domain optical parametric amplification," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-8, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms4643
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4643
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    1. Jingdan Liu & Miguel Marquez & Yingming Lai & Heide Ibrahim & Katherine Légaré & Philippe Lassonde & Xianglei Liu & Michel Hehn & Stéphane Mangin & Grégory Malinowski & Zhengyan Li & François Légaré &, 2024. "Swept coded aperture real-time femtophotography," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.

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