Generation of few-cycle terawatt light pulses using optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

R.Th. Zinkstok, S. Witte, W. Hogervorst, and K.S.E. Eikema, “High-power parametric amplification of 11.8-fs laser pulses with carrier-envelope phase control,” Opt. Lett. 30, 78–80 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

N. Ishii, L. Turi, V. S. Yakovlev, T. Fuji, F. Krausz, A. Baltus̆ka, R. Butkus, G. Veitas, V. Smilgevicius, R. Danielius, and A. Piskarskas, “Multimillijoule chirped parametric amplification of few-cycle pulses,” Opt. Lett. 30, 567–569 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C.P. Hauri, P. Schlup, G. Arisholm, J. Biegert, and U. Keller, “Phase-preserving chirped-pulse optical parametric amplification to 17.3 fs directly from a Ti:sapphire oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1369–1371 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

I. Thomann, E. Gagnon, R.J. Jones, A.S. Sandhu, A. Lytle, R. Anderson, J. Ye, M. Murnane, and H. Kapteyn “Investigation of a grating-based stretcher/compressor for carrier-envelope phase stabilized fs pulses,” Optics Express 12, 3493–3499 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D.M. Gaudiosi, A.L. Lytle, P. Kohl, M.M. Murnane, H.C. Kapteyn, and S. Backus, “11-W average power Ti:sapphire amplifier system using downchirped pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2665–2667 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Y. Kitagawa, H. Fujita, R. Kodama, H. Yoshida, S. Matsuo, T. Jitsuno, T. Kawasaki, H. Kitamura, T. Kanabe, S. Sakabe, K. Shigemori, N. Miyanaga, and Y. Izawa, “Prepulse-free petawatt laser for a fast ignitor,” IEEE J. Quant. Elect. 40, 281–293 (2004).
[Crossref]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

M. Aoyama, K. Yamakawa, Y. Akahane, J. Ma, N. Inoue, H. Ueda, and H. Kiriyama, “0.85-PW, 33-fs Ti:Sapphire laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1594–1596 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

K.W.D. Ledingham, P. McKenna, and R.P. Singhal, “Applications for nuclear phenomena generated by ultra-intense lasers,” Science 300, 1107–1111 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

B. Schenkel, J. Biegert, U. Keller, C. Vozzi, M. Nisoli, G. Sansone, S. Stagira, S. De Silvestri, and O. Svelto, “Generation of 3.8-fs pulses from adaptive compression of a cascaded hollow fiber supercontinuum,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1987–1989 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Ito, H. Ishikawa, T. Miura, K. Takasago, A. Endo, and K. Torizuka, “Seven-terawatt Ti:sapphire laser system operating at 50 Hz with high beam quality for laser Compton femtosecond X-ray generation,” Appl. Phys. B 76, 497–503 (2003).
[Crossref]

J. Seres, A. Müller, E. Seres, K. O’Keeffe, M. Lenner, R. F. Herzog, D. Kaplan, Ch. Spielmann, and F. Krausz “Sub-10-fs terawatt-scale Ti:Sapphire laser system,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1832–1834 (2003).
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A. Baltus̆ka, Th. Udem, M. Uiberacker, M. Hentschel, E. Goulielmakis, Ch. Gohle, R. Holzwarth, V. S. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields,” Nature (London) 421, 611–615 (2003).
[Crossref]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Y. Leng, H. Lu, L. Lin, Z. Zhang, R. Li, W. Zhang, D. Yin, and B. Tang, “Multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1135–1137 (2002).
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I.N. Ross, P. Matousek, G.H.C. New, and K. Osvay, “Analysis and optimization of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19, 2945–2956 (2002).
[Crossref]

M. Pittman, S. Ferré, J.P. Rousseau, L. Notebaert, J.P. Chambaret, and G. Chériaux, “Design and characterization of a near-diffraction-limited 100-TW, 10-Hz high-intensity laser,” Appl. Phys. B 74, 529–535 (2002).
[Crossref]

A. Baltus̆ka, T. Fuji, and T. Kobayashi, “Visible pulse compression to 4 fs by optical parametric amplification and programmable dispersion control,” Opt. Lett. 27, 306–308 (2002).
[Crossref]

M. Hentschel, R. Kienberger, Ch. Spielmann, G.A. Reider, N. Milosevic, T. Brabec, P. Corkum, U. Heinzmann, M. Drescher, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond metrology,” Nature (London) 414, 509–513 (2001).
[Crossref]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Z. Zhang, Y. Leng, J. Peng, J. Wang, S. Jin, W. Zhang, and R. Li, “Dependence of spectrum on pump-signal angle in BBO-I noncollinear optical-parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Appl. Phys. B 73, 219–222 (2001).
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I.N. Ross, J.L. Collier, P. Matousek, C.N. Danson, D. Neely, R.M. Allott, D.A. Pepler, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and K. Osvay, “Generation of terawatt pulses by use of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Appl. Opt. 39, 2422–2427 (2000).
[Crossref]

T. Brabec and F. Krausz, “Intense few-cycle laser fields: Frontiers of nonlinear optics,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 72, 545–591 (2000).
[Crossref]

V. Bagnoud and F. Salin, “Amplifying laser pulses to the terawatt level at 1-kilohertz repetition rate,” Appl. Phys. B 70, S165–S170 (2000).
[Crossref]

M.D. Perry, D. Pennington, B.C. Stuart, G. Tietbohl, J.A. Britten, C. Brown, S. Herman, B. Golick, M. Kartz, J. Miller, H.T. Powell, M. Vergino, and V. Yanovsky, “Petawatt laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 24, 160–162 (1999).
[Crossref]

C. Iaconis and I.A. Walmsley, “Spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction of ultrashort optical pulses,” Opt. Lett. 23, 792–794 (1998).
[Crossref]

I. N. Ross, P. Matousek, M. Towrie, A. J. Langley, and J. L. Collier, “The prospects for ultrashort pulse duration and ultrahigh intensity using optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers,” Opt. Commun. 144, 125–133 (1997).
[Crossref]

C.P.J. Barty, T. Guo, C. Le Blanc, F. Raksi, C. Rose-Petruck, J. Squier, K.R. Wilson, V.V. Yakovlev, and K. Yamakawa, “Generation of 18-fs, multiterawatt pulses by regenerative pulse shaping and chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 668–670 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Dubietis, G. Jonus̆auskas, and A. Piskarskas, “Powerful femtosecond pulse generation by chirped and stretched pulse parametric amplification in BBO crystal,” Opt. Commun. 88, 437–440 (1992).
[Crossref]

M. Aoyama, K. Yamakawa, Y. Akahane, J. Ma, N. Inoue, H. Ueda, and H. Kiriyama, “0.85-PW, 33-fs Ti:Sapphire laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1594–1596 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

I.N. Ross, J.L. Collier, P. Matousek, C.N. Danson, D. Neely, R.M. Allott, D.A. Pepler, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and K. Osvay, “Generation of terawatt pulses by use of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Appl. Opt. 39, 2422–2427 (2000).
[Crossref]

I. Thomann, E. Gagnon, R.J. Jones, A.S. Sandhu, A. Lytle, R. Anderson, J. Ye, M. Murnane, and H. Kapteyn “Investigation of a grating-based stretcher/compressor for carrier-envelope phase stabilized fs pulses,” Optics Express 12, 3493–3499 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Aoyama, K. Yamakawa, Y. Akahane, J. Ma, N. Inoue, H. Ueda, and H. Kiriyama, “0.85-PW, 33-fs Ti:Sapphire laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1594–1596 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C.P. Hauri, P. Schlup, G. Arisholm, J. Biegert, and U. Keller, “Phase-preserving chirped-pulse optical parametric amplification to 17.3 fs directly from a Ti:sapphire oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1369–1371 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D.M. Gaudiosi, A.L. Lytle, P. Kohl, M.M. Murnane, H.C. Kapteyn, and S. Backus, “11-W average power Ti:sapphire amplifier system using downchirped pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2665–2667 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. Bagnoud and F. Salin, “Amplifying laser pulses to the terawatt level at 1-kilohertz repetition rate,” Appl. Phys. B 70, S165–S170 (2000).
[Crossref]

N. Ishii, L. Turi, V. S. Yakovlev, T. Fuji, F. Krausz, A. Baltus̆ka, R. Butkus, G. Veitas, V. Smilgevicius, R. Danielius, and A. Piskarskas, “Multimillijoule chirped parametric amplification of few-cycle pulses,” Opt. Lett. 30, 567–569 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Baltus̆ka, Th. Udem, M. Uiberacker, M. Hentschel, E. Goulielmakis, Ch. Gohle, R. Holzwarth, V. S. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields,” Nature (London) 421, 611–615 (2003).
[Crossref]

A. Baltus̆ka, T. Fuji, and T. Kobayashi, “Visible pulse compression to 4 fs by optical parametric amplification and programmable dispersion control,” Opt. Lett. 27, 306–308 (2002).
[Crossref]

C.P.J. Barty, T. Guo, C. Le Blanc, F. Raksi, C. Rose-Petruck, J. Squier, K.R. Wilson, V.V. Yakovlev, and K. Yamakawa, “Generation of 18-fs, multiterawatt pulses by regenerative pulse shaping and chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 668–670 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C.P. Hauri, P. Schlup, G. Arisholm, J. Biegert, and U. Keller, “Phase-preserving chirped-pulse optical parametric amplification to 17.3 fs directly from a Ti:sapphire oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1369–1371 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

B. Schenkel, J. Biegert, U. Keller, C. Vozzi, M. Nisoli, G. Sansone, S. Stagira, S. De Silvestri, and O. Svelto, “Generation of 3.8-fs pulses from adaptive compression of a cascaded hollow fiber supercontinuum,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1987–1989 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Hentschel, R. Kienberger, Ch. Spielmann, G.A. Reider, N. Milosevic, T. Brabec, P. Corkum, U. Heinzmann, M. Drescher, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond metrology,” Nature (London) 414, 509–513 (2001).
[Crossref]

T. Brabec and F. Krausz, “Intense few-cycle laser fields: Frontiers of nonlinear optics,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 72, 545–591 (2000).
[Crossref]

M.D. Perry, D. Pennington, B.C. Stuart, G. Tietbohl, J.A. Britten, C. Brown, S. Herman, B. Golick, M. Kartz, J. Miller, H.T. Powell, M. Vergino, and V. Yanovsky, “Petawatt laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 24, 160–162 (1999).
[Crossref]

M.D. Perry, D. Pennington, B.C. Stuart, G. Tietbohl, J.A. Britten, C. Brown, S. Herman, B. Golick, M. Kartz, J. Miller, H.T. Powell, M. Vergino, and V. Yanovsky, “Petawatt laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 24, 160–162 (1999).
[Crossref]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

N. Ishii, L. Turi, V. S. Yakovlev, T. Fuji, F. Krausz, A. Baltus̆ka, R. Butkus, G. Veitas, V. Smilgevicius, R. Danielius, and A. Piskarskas, “Multimillijoule chirped parametric amplification of few-cycle pulses,” Opt. Lett. 30, 567–569 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Pittman, S. Ferré, J.P. Rousseau, L. Notebaert, J.P. Chambaret, and G. Chériaux, “Design and characterization of a near-diffraction-limited 100-TW, 10-Hz high-intensity laser,” Appl. Phys. B 74, 529–535 (2002).
[Crossref]

M. Pittman, S. Ferré, J.P. Rousseau, L. Notebaert, J.P. Chambaret, and G. Chériaux, “Design and characterization of a near-diffraction-limited 100-TW, 10-Hz high-intensity laser,” Appl. Phys. B 74, 529–535 (2002).
[Crossref]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

I. N. Ross, P. Matousek, M. Towrie, A. J. Langley, and J. L. Collier, “The prospects for ultrashort pulse duration and ultrahigh intensity using optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers,” Opt. Commun. 144, 125–133 (1997).
[Crossref]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

I.N. Ross, J.L. Collier, P. Matousek, C.N. Danson, D. Neely, R.M. Allott, D.A. Pepler, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and K. Osvay, “Generation of terawatt pulses by use of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Appl. Opt. 39, 2422–2427 (2000).
[Crossref]

M. Hentschel, R. Kienberger, Ch. Spielmann, G.A. Reider, N. Milosevic, T. Brabec, P. Corkum, U. Heinzmann, M. Drescher, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond metrology,” Nature (London) 414, 509–513 (2001).
[Crossref]

N. Ishii, L. Turi, V. S. Yakovlev, T. Fuji, F. Krausz, A. Baltus̆ka, R. Butkus, G. Veitas, V. Smilgevicius, R. Danielius, and A. Piskarskas, “Multimillijoule chirped parametric amplification of few-cycle pulses,” Opt. Lett. 30, 567–569 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

I.N. Ross, J.L. Collier, P. Matousek, C.N. Danson, D. Neely, R.M. Allott, D.A. Pepler, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and K. Osvay, “Generation of terawatt pulses by use of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Appl. Opt. 39, 2422–2427 (2000).
[Crossref]

B. Schenkel, J. Biegert, U. Keller, C. Vozzi, M. Nisoli, G. Sansone, S. Stagira, S. De Silvestri, and O. Svelto, “Generation of 3.8-fs pulses from adaptive compression of a cascaded hollow fiber supercontinuum,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1987–1989 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Hentschel, R. Kienberger, Ch. Spielmann, G.A. Reider, N. Milosevic, T. Brabec, P. Corkum, U. Heinzmann, M. Drescher, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond metrology,” Nature (London) 414, 509–513 (2001).
[Crossref]

A. Dubietis, G. Jonus̆auskas, and A. Piskarskas, “Powerful femtosecond pulse generation by chirped and stretched pulse parametric amplification in BBO crystal,” Opt. Commun. 88, 437–440 (1992).
[Crossref]

R.Th. Zinkstok, S. Witte, W. Hogervorst, and K.S.E. Eikema, “High-power parametric amplification of 11.8-fs laser pulses with carrier-envelope phase control,” Opt. Lett. 30, 78–80 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Ito, H. Ishikawa, T. Miura, K. Takasago, A. Endo, and K. Torizuka, “Seven-terawatt Ti:sapphire laser system operating at 50 Hz with high beam quality for laser Compton femtosecond X-ray generation,” Appl. Phys. B 76, 497–503 (2003).
[Crossref]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

M. Pittman, S. Ferré, J.P. Rousseau, L. Notebaert, J.P. Chambaret, and G. Chériaux, “Design and characterization of a near-diffraction-limited 100-TW, 10-Hz high-intensity laser,” Appl. Phys. B 74, 529–535 (2002).
[Crossref]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

N. Ishii, L. Turi, V. S. Yakovlev, T. Fuji, F. Krausz, A. Baltus̆ka, R. Butkus, G. Veitas, V. Smilgevicius, R. Danielius, and A. Piskarskas, “Multimillijoule chirped parametric amplification of few-cycle pulses,” Opt. Lett. 30, 567–569 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Baltus̆ka, T. Fuji, and T. Kobayashi, “Visible pulse compression to 4 fs by optical parametric amplification and programmable dispersion control,” Opt. Lett. 27, 306–308 (2002).
[Crossref]

Y. Kitagawa, H. Fujita, R. Kodama, H. Yoshida, S. Matsuo, T. Jitsuno, T. Kawasaki, H. Kitamura, T. Kanabe, S. Sakabe, K. Shigemori, N. Miyanaga, and Y. Izawa, “Prepulse-free petawatt laser for a fast ignitor,” IEEE J. Quant. Elect. 40, 281–293 (2004).
[Crossref]

I. Thomann, E. Gagnon, R.J. Jones, A.S. Sandhu, A. Lytle, R. Anderson, J. Ye, M. Murnane, and H. Kapteyn “Investigation of a grating-based stretcher/compressor for carrier-envelope phase stabilized fs pulses,” Optics Express 12, 3493–3499 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D.M. Gaudiosi, A.L. Lytle, P. Kohl, M.M. Murnane, H.C. Kapteyn, and S. Backus, “11-W average power Ti:sapphire amplifier system using downchirped pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2665–2667 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Baltus̆ka, Th. Udem, M. Uiberacker, M. Hentschel, E. Goulielmakis, Ch. Gohle, R. Holzwarth, V. S. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields,” Nature (London) 421, 611–615 (2003).
[Crossref]

M.D. Perry, D. Pennington, B.C. Stuart, G. Tietbohl, J.A. Britten, C. Brown, S. Herman, B. Golick, M. Kartz, J. Miller, H.T. Powell, M. Vergino, and V. Yanovsky, “Petawatt laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 24, 160–162 (1999).
[Crossref]

A. Baltus̆ka, Th. Udem, M. Uiberacker, M. Hentschel, E. Goulielmakis, Ch. Gohle, R. Holzwarth, V. S. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields,” Nature (London) 421, 611–615 (2003).
[Crossref]

C.P.J. Barty, T. Guo, C. Le Blanc, F. Raksi, C. Rose-Petruck, J. Squier, K.R. Wilson, V.V. Yakovlev, and K. Yamakawa, “Generation of 18-fs, multiterawatt pulses by regenerative pulse shaping and chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 668–670 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

A. Baltus̆ka, Th. Udem, M. Uiberacker, M. Hentschel, E. Goulielmakis, Ch. Gohle, R. Holzwarth, V. S. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields,” Nature (London) 421, 611–615 (2003).
[Crossref]

C.P. Hauri, P. Schlup, G. Arisholm, J. Biegert, and U. Keller, “Phase-preserving chirped-pulse optical parametric amplification to 17.3 fs directly from a Ti:sapphire oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1369–1371 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

M. Hentschel, R. Kienberger, Ch. Spielmann, G.A. Reider, N. Milosevic, T. Brabec, P. Corkum, U. Heinzmann, M. Drescher, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond metrology,” Nature (London) 414, 509–513 (2001).
[Crossref]

A. Baltus̆ka, Th. Udem, M. Uiberacker, M. Hentschel, E. Goulielmakis, Ch. Gohle, R. Holzwarth, V. S. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields,” Nature (London) 421, 611–615 (2003).
[Crossref]

M. Hentschel, R. Kienberger, Ch. Spielmann, G.A. Reider, N. Milosevic, T. Brabec, P. Corkum, U. Heinzmann, M. Drescher, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond metrology,” Nature (London) 414, 509–513 (2001).
[Crossref]

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C.P.J. Barty, T. Guo, C. Le Blanc, F. Raksi, C. Rose-Petruck, J. Squier, K.R. Wilson, V.V. Yakovlev, and K. Yamakawa, “Generation of 18-fs, multiterawatt pulses by regenerative pulse shaping and chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 668–670 (1996).
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I.N. Ross, J.L. Collier, P. Matousek, C.N. Danson, D. Neely, R.M. Allott, D.A. Pepler, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and K. Osvay, “Generation of terawatt pulses by use of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Appl. Opt. 39, 2422–2427 (2000).
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M. Pittman, S. Ferré, J.P. Rousseau, L. Notebaert, J.P. Chambaret, and G. Chériaux, “Design and characterization of a near-diffraction-limited 100-TW, 10-Hz high-intensity laser,” Appl. Phys. B 74, 529–535 (2002).
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Y. Kitagawa, H. Fujita, R. Kodama, H. Yoshida, S. Matsuo, T. Jitsuno, T. Kawasaki, H. Kitamura, T. Kanabe, S. Sakabe, K. Shigemori, N. Miyanaga, and Y. Izawa, “Prepulse-free petawatt laser for a fast ignitor,” IEEE J. Quant. Elect. 40, 281–293 (2004).
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V. Bagnoud and F. Salin, “Amplifying laser pulses to the terawatt level at 1-kilohertz repetition rate,” Appl. Phys. B 70, S165–S170 (2000).
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I. Thomann, E. Gagnon, R.J. Jones, A.S. Sandhu, A. Lytle, R. Anderson, J. Ye, M. Murnane, and H. Kapteyn “Investigation of a grating-based stretcher/compressor for carrier-envelope phase stabilized fs pulses,” Optics Express 12, 3493–3499 (2004).
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N. Ishii, L. Turi, V. S. Yakovlev, T. Fuji, F. Krausz, A. Baltus̆ka, R. Butkus, G. Veitas, V. Smilgevicius, R. Danielius, and A. Piskarskas, “Multimillijoule chirped parametric amplification of few-cycle pulses,” Opt. Lett. 30, 567–569 (2005).
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J. Seres, A. Müller, E. Seres, K. O’Keeffe, M. Lenner, R. F. Herzog, D. Kaplan, Ch. Spielmann, and F. Krausz “Sub-10-fs terawatt-scale Ti:Sapphire laser system,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1832–1834 (2003).
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C.P.J. Barty, T. Guo, C. Le Blanc, F. Raksi, C. Rose-Petruck, J. Squier, K.R. Wilson, V.V. Yakovlev, and K. Yamakawa, “Generation of 18-fs, multiterawatt pulses by regenerative pulse shaping and chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 668–670 (1996).
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B. Schenkel, J. Biegert, U. Keller, C. Vozzi, M. Nisoli, G. Sansone, S. Stagira, S. De Silvestri, and O. Svelto, “Generation of 3.8-fs pulses from adaptive compression of a cascaded hollow fiber supercontinuum,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1987–1989 (2003).
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M.D. Perry, D. Pennington, B.C. Stuart, G. Tietbohl, J.A. Britten, C. Brown, S. Herman, B. Golick, M. Kartz, J. Miller, H.T. Powell, M. Vergino, and V. Yanovsky, “Petawatt laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 24, 160–162 (1999).
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B. Schenkel, J. Biegert, U. Keller, C. Vozzi, M. Nisoli, G. Sansone, S. Stagira, S. De Silvestri, and O. Svelto, “Generation of 3.8-fs pulses from adaptive compression of a cascaded hollow fiber supercontinuum,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1987–1989 (2003).
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S. Ito, H. Ishikawa, T. Miura, K. Takasago, A. Endo, and K. Torizuka, “Seven-terawatt Ti:sapphire laser system operating at 50 Hz with high beam quality for laser Compton femtosecond X-ray generation,” Appl. Phys. B 76, 497–503 (2003).
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X. Yang, Z. Xu, Y. Leng, H. Lu, L. Lin, Z. Zhang, R. Li, W. Zhang, D. Yin, and B. Tang, “Multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1135–1137 (2002).
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I. Thomann, E. Gagnon, R.J. Jones, A.S. Sandhu, A. Lytle, R. Anderson, J. Ye, M. Murnane, and H. Kapteyn “Investigation of a grating-based stretcher/compressor for carrier-envelope phase stabilized fs pulses,” Optics Express 12, 3493–3499 (2004).
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M.D. Perry, D. Pennington, B.C. Stuart, G. Tietbohl, J.A. Britten, C. Brown, S. Herman, B. Golick, M. Kartz, J. Miller, H.T. Powell, M. Vergino, and V. Yanovsky, “Petawatt laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 24, 160–162 (1999).
[Crossref]

S. Ito, H. Ishikawa, T. Miura, K. Takasago, A. Endo, and K. Torizuka, “Seven-terawatt Ti:sapphire laser system operating at 50 Hz with high beam quality for laser Compton femtosecond X-ray generation,” Appl. Phys. B 76, 497–503 (2003).
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I. N. Ross, P. Matousek, M. Towrie, A. J. Langley, and J. L. Collier, “The prospects for ultrashort pulse duration and ultrahigh intensity using optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers,” Opt. Commun. 144, 125–133 (1997).
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N. Ishii, L. Turi, V. S. Yakovlev, T. Fuji, F. Krausz, A. Baltus̆ka, R. Butkus, G. Veitas, V. Smilgevicius, R. Danielius, and A. Piskarskas, “Multimillijoule chirped parametric amplification of few-cycle pulses,” Opt. Lett. 30, 567–569 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Baltus̆ka, Th. Udem, M. Uiberacker, M. Hentschel, E. Goulielmakis, Ch. Gohle, R. Holzwarth, V. S. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields,” Nature (London) 421, 611–615 (2003).
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M. Aoyama, K. Yamakawa, Y. Akahane, J. Ma, N. Inoue, H. Ueda, and H. Kiriyama, “0.85-PW, 33-fs Ti:Sapphire laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1594–1596 (2003).
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A. Baltus̆ka, Th. Udem, M. Uiberacker, M. Hentschel, E. Goulielmakis, Ch. Gohle, R. Holzwarth, V. S. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields,” Nature (London) 421, 611–615 (2003).
[Crossref]

N. Ishii, L. Turi, V. S. Yakovlev, T. Fuji, F. Krausz, A. Baltus̆ka, R. Butkus, G. Veitas, V. Smilgevicius, R. Danielius, and A. Piskarskas, “Multimillijoule chirped parametric amplification of few-cycle pulses,” Opt. Lett. 30, 567–569 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M.D. Perry, D. Pennington, B.C. Stuart, G. Tietbohl, J.A. Britten, C. Brown, S. Herman, B. Golick, M. Kartz, J. Miller, H.T. Powell, M. Vergino, and V. Yanovsky, “Petawatt laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 24, 160–162 (1999).
[Crossref]

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[Crossref]

C.P.J. Barty, T. Guo, C. Le Blanc, F. Raksi, C. Rose-Petruck, J. Squier, K.R. Wilson, V.V. Yakovlev, and K. Yamakawa, “Generation of 18-fs, multiterawatt pulses by regenerative pulse shaping and chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 668–670 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

R.Th. Zinkstok, S. Witte, W. Hogervorst, and K.S.E. Eikema, “High-power parametric amplification of 11.8-fs laser pulses with carrier-envelope phase control,” Opt. Lett. 30, 78–80 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

C.N. Danson, P.A. Brummit, R.J. Clarke, J.L. Collier, G. Fell, A.J. Frackiewicz, S. Hancock, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, P. Holligan, M.H.R. Hutchinson, A. Kidd, W.J. Lester, I.O. Musgrave, D. Neely, D.R. Neville, P.A. Norreys, D.A. Pepler, C.J. Reason, W. Shaikh, T.B. Winstone, R.W.W. Wyatt, and B.E. Wyborn, “Vulcan Petawatt - an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility,” Nucl. Fusion 44, S239–S249 (2004).
[Crossref]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Y. Leng, H. Lu, L. Lin, Z. Zhang, R. Li, W. Zhang, D. Yin, and B. Tang, “Multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1135–1137 (2002).
[Crossref]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Z. Zhang, Y. Leng, J. Peng, J. Wang, S. Jin, W. Zhang, and R. Li, “Dependence of spectrum on pump-signal angle in BBO-I noncollinear optical-parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Appl. Phys. B 73, 219–222 (2001).
[Crossref]

N. Ishii, L. Turi, V. S. Yakovlev, T. Fuji, F. Krausz, A. Baltus̆ka, R. Butkus, G. Veitas, V. Smilgevicius, R. Danielius, and A. Piskarskas, “Multimillijoule chirped parametric amplification of few-cycle pulses,” Opt. Lett. 30, 567–569 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Baltus̆ka, Th. Udem, M. Uiberacker, M. Hentschel, E. Goulielmakis, Ch. Gohle, R. Holzwarth, V. S. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz, “Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields,” Nature (London) 421, 611–615 (2003).
[Crossref]

C.P.J. Barty, T. Guo, C. Le Blanc, F. Raksi, C. Rose-Petruck, J. Squier, K.R. Wilson, V.V. Yakovlev, and K. Yamakawa, “Generation of 18-fs, multiterawatt pulses by regenerative pulse shaping and chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 668–670 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Aoyama, K. Yamakawa, Y. Akahane, J. Ma, N. Inoue, H. Ueda, and H. Kiriyama, “0.85-PW, 33-fs Ti:Sapphire laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1594–1596 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C.P.J. Barty, T. Guo, C. Le Blanc, F. Raksi, C. Rose-Petruck, J. Squier, K.R. Wilson, V.V. Yakovlev, and K. Yamakawa, “Generation of 18-fs, multiterawatt pulses by regenerative pulse shaping and chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 668–670 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Y. Leng, H. Lu, L. Lin, Z. Zhang, R. Li, W. Zhang, D. Yin, and B. Tang, “Multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1135–1137 (2002).
[Crossref]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Z. Zhang, Y. Leng, J. Peng, J. Wang, S. Jin, W. Zhang, and R. Li, “Dependence of spectrum on pump-signal angle in BBO-I noncollinear optical-parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Appl. Phys. B 73, 219–222 (2001).
[Crossref]

M.D. Perry, D. Pennington, B.C. Stuart, G. Tietbohl, J.A. Britten, C. Brown, S. Herman, B. Golick, M. Kartz, J. Miller, H.T. Powell, M. Vergino, and V. Yanovsky, “Petawatt laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 24, 160–162 (1999).
[Crossref]

I. Thomann, E. Gagnon, R.J. Jones, A.S. Sandhu, A. Lytle, R. Anderson, J. Ye, M. Murnane, and H. Kapteyn “Investigation of a grating-based stretcher/compressor for carrier-envelope phase stabilized fs pulses,” Optics Express 12, 3493–3499 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Y. Leng, H. Lu, L. Lin, Z. Zhang, R. Li, W. Zhang, D. Yin, and B. Tang, “Multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1135–1137 (2002).
[Crossref]

Y. Kitagawa, H. Fujita, R. Kodama, H. Yoshida, S. Matsuo, T. Jitsuno, T. Kawasaki, H. Kitamura, T. Kanabe, S. Sakabe, K. Shigemori, N. Miyanaga, and Y. Izawa, “Prepulse-free petawatt laser for a fast ignitor,” IEEE J. Quant. Elect. 40, 281–293 (2004).
[Crossref]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Y. Leng, H. Lu, L. Lin, Z. Zhang, R. Li, W. Zhang, D. Yin, and B. Tang, “Multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1135–1137 (2002).
[Crossref]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Z. Zhang, Y. Leng, J. Peng, J. Wang, S. Jin, W. Zhang, and R. Li, “Dependence of spectrum on pump-signal angle in BBO-I noncollinear optical-parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Appl. Phys. B 73, 219–222 (2001).
[Crossref]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Y. Leng, H. Lu, L. Lin, Z. Zhang, R. Li, W. Zhang, D. Yin, and B. Tang, “Multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1135–1137 (2002).
[Crossref]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Z. Zhang, Y. Leng, J. Peng, J. Wang, S. Jin, W. Zhang, and R. Li, “Dependence of spectrum on pump-signal angle in BBO-I noncollinear optical-parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Appl. Phys. B 73, 219–222 (2001).
[Crossref]

R.Th. Zinkstok, S. Witte, W. Hogervorst, and K.S.E. Eikema, “High-power parametric amplification of 11.8-fs laser pulses with carrier-envelope phase control,” Opt. Lett. 30, 78–80 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

I.N. Ross, J.L. Collier, P. Matousek, C.N. Danson, D. Neely, R.M. Allott, D.A. Pepler, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and K. Osvay, “Generation of terawatt pulses by use of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” Appl. Opt. 39, 2422–2427 (2000).
[Crossref]

S. Ito, H. Ishikawa, T. Miura, K. Takasago, A. Endo, and K. Torizuka, “Seven-terawatt Ti:sapphire laser system operating at 50 Hz with high beam quality for laser Compton femtosecond X-ray generation,” Appl. Phys. B 76, 497–503 (2003).
[Crossref]

V. Bagnoud and F. Salin, “Amplifying laser pulses to the terawatt level at 1-kilohertz repetition rate,” Appl. Phys. B 70, S165–S170 (2000).
[Crossref]

M. Pittman, S. Ferré, J.P. Rousseau, L. Notebaert, J.P. Chambaret, and G. Chériaux, “Design and characterization of a near-diffraction-limited 100-TW, 10-Hz high-intensity laser,” Appl. Phys. B 74, 529–535 (2002).
[Crossref]

X. Yang, Z. Xu, Z. Zhang, Y. Leng, J. Peng, J. Wang, S. Jin, W. Zhang, and R. Li, “Dependence of spectrum on pump-signal angle in BBO-I noncollinear optical-parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Appl. Phys. B 73, 219–222 (2001).
[Crossref]

Y. Kitagawa, H. Fujita, R. Kodama, H. Yoshida, S. Matsuo, T. Jitsuno, T. Kawasaki, H. Kitamura, T. Kanabe, S. Sakabe, K. Shigemori, N. Miyanaga, and Y. Izawa, “Prepulse-free petawatt laser for a fast ignitor,” IEEE J. Quant. Elect. 40, 281–293 (2004).
[Crossref]

I.N. Ross, P. Matousek, G.H.C. New, and K. Osvay, “Analysis and optimization of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19, 2945–2956 (2002).
[Crossref]

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