Abstract

Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) is now recognized as a key technique to generate high peak power ultra short laser pulses [1]. In order to produce high-energy and ultrashort pulses, hybrid OPCPA design is employed, where high gain and broadband OPCPA such as BBO or LiB₃O₅ (LBO) crystals are used for pre-amplification and large size but lower gain OPCPA such as a Potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) or deuterated KDP crystals are used as a final amplifier. However, amplification bandwidth of KDP or DKDP is narrower and the optimum phase matching wavelength is different to those of BBO.

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