title: Multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification.
abstract: A compact multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification is demonstrated. Chirped pulses are amplified from 20 pJ to 900 mJ by two lithium triborate optical parametric preamplifiers and a final KDP optical parametric power amplifier with a pump energy of 5 J at 532 nm from Nd:YAG-Nd:glass hybrid amplifiers. After compression, we obtained a final output of 570-mJ-155-fs pulses with a peak power of 3.67 TW, which is the highest output power from an optical parametric chirped pulse amplification laser, to the best of our knowledge.
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhi-Zhan
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yu-Xin
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Leng
authors.forename: Hai-He
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Li-Huang
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Zheng-Quan
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ru-Xin
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wen-Qi
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ding-Jun
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tang