DOE OSTI · 1766446
Optical parametric amplification of spectrally incoherent pulses
Abstract
The optical parametric amplification of spectrally incoherent signals is analyzed and simulated using a set of normalized equations describing phase-matched three-wave nonlinear mixing. Varying the amplifier’s properties and the seeding conditions reveals different amplification regimes. In particular, the relative temporal walk-off of the signal, idler, and pump has a strong impact on the temporal and spectral properties of the amplified signal. The amplification efficiency for spectrally incoherent signals is not significantly lower than that of a coherent monochromatic signal, provided that the phase-matching bandwidth is sufficient. Here, the results obtained with the normalized set of equations are in good agreement with simulations based on the full description of the crystals’ dispersion for high-gain LBO and BBO preamplifiers and a low-gain DKDP power amplifier.
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Dorrer, C.. 2021-02-10. Optical parametric amplification of spectrally incoherent pulses. https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.413647
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