Increased bandwidth optical parametric amplification of supercontinuum pulses with angular dispersion.
The use of a controlled, removable angular dispersion applied to the signal beam in a plane orthogonal to that containing the noncollinear angle is experimentally demonstrated as a technique to broaden the gain bandwidth in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification. With a pump beam centered at 526 nm the supercontinuum signal is amplified in the 900 to 1220 nm range in a beta-barium borate crystal with a gain >1000. This represents a bandwidth improvement greater than 30% relative to conventional designs.
Grupo de Lasers e Plasmas, Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal. luis.cardoso@ist.utl.pt
Luis
L
Cardoso
Hugo
H
Pires
Gonçalo
G
Figueira