High Gain Frequency domain Optical Parametric Amplifier (FOPA) for High Contrast Pulses

Authors :: François Légaré
Philippe Lassonde
Bruno E. Schmidt
Ladan Arissian
Maxime Boivin
Source :: 19th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena.
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: OSA, 2014.
Abstract: 800nm, nJ level pulses are amplified >2.000 times in a single 2mm BBO crystal, pumped by picosecond 400nm pulses. Experiments evidence that the picosecond pulse contrast within the pump window remains unchanged upon amplification.

Subjects :: Optical amplifier
Materials science
business.industry
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Second-harmonic generation
Nonlinear optics
Optical parametric amplifier
Crystal
Optics
Frequency domain
Picosecond
Optoelectronics
Contrast (vision)
business
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