title: Amplification of ultra-short optical pulses in a two-pump fiber optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier.
abstract: We demonstrate with realistic numerical simulations that fiber optical parametric chirped pulse amplification is able to amplify ultra-short optical pulses. Such amplifiers driven by two-pump waves can amplify pulse bandwidth twice as large as the one of a single pump configuration. We show that pulses as short as 50 fs can be directly amplified. In addition, we take benefit from the saturation regime to achieve spectral broadening which makes possible to reduce pulse duration down to 15 fs.
authors.affiliation: Université Lille 1, PhLAM/IRCICA USR 3380/UMR 8523, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France. mussot@phlam.univ-lille1.fr
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mussot
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kudlinski
authors.forename: Patrick Beaure
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: d'Augères
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hugonnot
mesh_terms: D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000295:instrumentation*