Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification

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作者：

Forget, N ^{[1
]}

Cotel, A

Brambrink, E

Audebert, P

Le Blanc, C

Jullien, A

Albert, O

Chériaux, G

机构：

[1] Univ Paris 06, Lab Utilisat Lasers Intenses, UM 705,CNRS, CEA,Ecole Polytech, F-91128 Palaiseau, France

[2] Ecole Natl Super Tech Avancees, Lab Opt Appl, Ecole Polytech, F-91761 Palaiseau, France

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OPTICS LETTERS | 2005年 / 30卷 / 21期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.30.002921

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report on direct observation of temporal contrast degradation of short pulses amplified by optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification. We show that, despite injection seeding, quantum-noise-induced fast modulations (<50 ps) of the temporal profile of the pump pulse are imprinted on the spectrum of the amplified chirped pulse and give rise to a large picosecond pedestal in the time domain. (c) 2005 Optical Society of America.

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页码：2921 / 2923

页数：3

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