Efficiency-enhanced soliton optical parametric amplifier
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چکیده
We show that the pump–to–signal power conversion efficiency of parametric chirped-pulse amplifiers made with periodically poled materials operating with multicolor spatial solitons can be significantly enhanced by employing engineered quasi-phase-matching gratings. Applications include compact sources of high-energy ultrashort pulses in diffraction-limited high-quality beams. © 2002 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 190.4410, 190.4420, 190.5530.
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