Dual-chirped spectral optical parametric amplifier and amplification method
US11009773B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 11, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/3558
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention belongs to the technical field of lasers and provides a dual-chirped spectral optical parametric amplifier and an amplification method. A femtosecond laser assembly is configured to generate simultaneous pump and signal waves which successively pass through an input grating and an input collimator respectively. The various spectrum components of both the pump and the signal waves linearly disperse and focus on respective focal points, and present spatial chirps with opposite frequency gradients in the respective focal planes. A full-spectrum optical parametric amplification of the signal wave with the pump wave is performed via a fan-out periodically poled crystal, resulting an ultrabroad idler wave. The ultrabroad idler wave is separated from the hybrid waves via an optical splitter, and then passes successively through an output collimator and an output grating, and is Fourier transformed from frequency domain to temporal domain. An ultra-short pulsed laser with a long wavelength can be obtained eventually after a necessary dispersion compensation. The present invention provides a simple-structured optical parametric amplifier so as to obtain an ultra-short …
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