Abstract

Optical parametric amplifiers using chirped quasi-phase-matching gratings offer gain over wide bandwidths, making them promising candidates for use in ultra-short-pulse laser systems. We discuss the space-time evolution of the amplified light pulses. In the case of a linear phase-matching profile, this problem is exactly solvable. The Green’s functions of the system are investigated in detail and used to calculate the pulse shapes in the long- and short-pulse regimes.

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Optical parametric amplifiers using chirped quasi-phase-matching gratings I: practical design formulas

Mathieu Charbonneau-Lefort, Bedros Afeyan, and M. M. Fejer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25(4) 463-480 (2008)

Theory and simulation of gain-guided noncollinear modes in chirped quasi-phase-matched optical parametric amplifiers

Mathieu Charbonneau-Lefort, Bedros Afeyan, and M. M. Fejer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(4) 824-841 (2010)

Competing collinear and noncollinear interactions in chirped quasi-phase-matched optical parametric amplifiers

Mathieu Charbonneau-Lefort, Bedros Afeyan, and M. M. Fejer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25(9) 1402-1413 (2008)

Ultrashort-pulse second-harmonic generation with longitudinally nonuniform quasi-phase-matching gratings: pulse compression and shaping

G. Imeshev, M. A. Arbore, M. M. Fejer, A. Galvanauskas, M. Fermann, and D. Harter
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17(2) 304-318 (2000)

Design constraints of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification based on chirped quasi-phase-matching gratings

C. R. Phillips, B. W. Mayer, L. Gallmann, M. M. Fejer, and U. Keller
Opt. Express 22(8) 9627-9658 (2014)