title: Chirped-pulse amplification of laser pulses with dispersive mirrors.
abstract: We report a novel implementation of chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) by dominantly using dispersive multilayer mirrors for chirp control. Our prototyp dispersive-mirror (DMC) compressor has been designed for a kHz Ti:sapphire amplifier and yielded--in a proof-of-concept study--millijoule-energy, sub-20-fs, 790-nm laser pulses with an overall throughput of approximately 90% and unprecedented spatio-temporal quality. Dispersive-mirror-based CPA permits a dramatic simplification of high-power lasers and affords promise for their advancement to shorter pulse durations, higher peak powers, and higher average powers with user-friendly systems.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Am Coulombwall 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany. volodymyr.pervak@mpq.mpg.de
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pervak
authors.forename: I
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authors.lastname: Ahmad
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authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Trushin
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authors.lastname: Major
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authors.lastname: Apolonski
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authors.lastname: Karsch
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authors.lastname: Krausz