High-dynamic-range temporal measurements of short pulses amplified by OPCPA

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

M. P. Kalashnikov, E. Risse, H. Schönnagel, and W. Sander, “Double chirped-pulse-amplification laser: A way to clean pulses temporally,” Opt. Lett. 30, 923–925 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “5-hz, >250-mJ optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier at 1053 nm,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1843–1845 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. Bagnoud, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, J. D. Zuegel, T. Mooney, and P. Dumas, “High-energy, high-average-power laser with Nd:YLF rods corrected by magnetorheological finishing,” Appl. Opt. 44, 282–288 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

N. Forget, A. Cotel, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, C. Le Blanc, A. Jullien, O. Albert, and G. Chériaux, “Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2921–2923 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Chériaux, J.-P. Chambaret, P. d’Oliveria, T. Auguste, and F. Falcoz, “High-efficiency, simple setup for pulse cleaning at the millijoule level by nonlinear induced birefringence,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2184–2186 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Fernandez, T. Fuji, A. Poppe, A. Fürbach, F. Krausz, and A. Apolonski, “Chirped-pulse oscillators: A route to high-power femtosecond pulses without external amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1366–1368 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

L. J. Waxer, V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “High-conversion-efficiency optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system using spatiotemporally shaped pump pulses,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1245–1247 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. V. Ivanov, A. Maksimchuk, and G. Mourou, “Amplified spontaneous emission in a Ti:Sapphire regenerative amplifier,” Appl. Opt. 42, 7231–7234 (2003).
[Crossref]

H. Yoshida, E. Ishii, R. Kodama, H. Fujita, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Izawa, and T. Yamanaka, “High-power and high-contrast optical parametric chirped pulse amplification by β-BaB2O4 crystal,” Opt. Lett. 28, 257–259 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. Umstadter, “Review of physics and applications of relativistic plasmas driven by ultra-intense lasers,” Phys. Plasmas 8, 1774–1785 (2001).
[Crossref]

J. Itatani, J. Faure, M. Nantel, G. Mourou, and S. Watanabe, “Suppression of the amplified spontaneous emission in chirped-pulse-amplification lasers by clean high-energy seed-pulse injection,” Opt. Commun. 148, 70–74 (1998).
[Crossref]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (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]

I. D. Jung, F. X. Kaertner, J. Henkmann, G. Zhang, and U. Keller, “High-dynamic-range characterization of ultrashort pulses,” Appl. Phys. B B65, 307–310 (1997).
[Crossref]

G. Chériaux, P. Rousseau, F. Salin, J. P. Chambaret, B. Walker, and L. F. Dimauro, “Aberration-free stretcher design for ultrashort-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 414–416 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

G. N. Gibson, R. Klank, F. Gibson, and B. E. Bouma, “Electro-optically cavity-dumped ultrashort-pulse Ti:Sapphire oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1055–1057 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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

D. Strickland and G. Mourou, “Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses,” Opt. Commun. 55, 447–449 (1985).
[Crossref]

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

N. Forget, A. Cotel, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, C. Le Blanc, A. Jullien, O. Albert, and G. Chériaux, “Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2921–2923 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Fernandez, T. Fuji, A. Poppe, A. Fürbach, F. Krausz, and A. Apolonski, “Chirped-pulse oscillators: A route to high-power femtosecond pulses without external amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1366–1368 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

N. Forget, A. Cotel, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, C. Le Blanc, A. Jullien, O. Albert, and G. Chériaux, “Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2921–2923 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Zou, D. Descamps, P. Audebert, S. D. Baton, J. L. Paillard, D. Pesme, A. Michard, A. M. Suautivet, H. Timsit, and A. Migus, “LULI 100-TW Ti:Sapphire/Nd:Glass laser: A first step toward a high-performance petawatt facility,” in Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, H. Lowdermilk, ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1999), Vol. 3492, pp. 94–97.

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

A. Jullien, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Chériaux, J.-P. Chambaret, P. d’Oliveria, T. Auguste, and F. Falcoz, “High-efficiency, simple setup for pulse cleaning at the millijoule level by nonlinear induced birefringence,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2184–2186 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Chériaux, J.-P. Chambaret, P. d’Oliveria, T. Auguste, and F. Falcoz, “High-efficiency, simple setup for pulse cleaning at the millijoule level by nonlinear induced birefringence,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2184–2186 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. Bagnoud, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, J. D. Zuegel, T. Mooney, and P. Dumas, “High-energy, high-average-power laser with Nd:YLF rods corrected by magnetorheological finishing,” Appl. Opt. 44, 282–288 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “5-hz, >250-mJ optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier at 1053 nm,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1843–1845 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

L. J. Waxer, V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “High-conversion-efficiency optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system using spatiotemporally shaped pump pulses,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1245–1247 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Zou, D. Descamps, P. Audebert, S. D. Baton, J. L. Paillard, D. Pesme, A. Michard, A. M. Suautivet, H. Timsit, and A. Migus, “LULI 100-TW Ti:Sapphire/Nd:Glass laser: A first step toward a high-performance petawatt facility,” in Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, H. Lowdermilk, ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1999), Vol. 3492, pp. 94–97.

V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “5-hz, >250-mJ optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier at 1053 nm,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1843–1845 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

L. J. Waxer, V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “High-conversion-efficiency optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system using spatiotemporally shaped pump pulses,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1245–1247 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

N. Forget, A. Cotel, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, C. Le Blanc, A. Jullien, O. Albert, and G. Chériaux, “Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2921–2923 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

G. N. Gibson, R. Klank, F. Gibson, and B. E. Bouma, “Electro-optically cavity-dumped ultrashort-pulse Ti:Sapphire oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1055–1057 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

N. Forget, A. Cotel, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, C. Le Blanc, A. Jullien, O. Albert, and G. Chériaux, “Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2921–2923 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

G. Chériaux, P. Rousseau, F. Salin, J. P. Chambaret, B. Walker, and L. F. Dimauro, “Aberration-free stretcher design for ultrashort-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 414–416 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Chériaux, J.-P. Chambaret, P. d’Oliveria, T. Auguste, and F. Falcoz, “High-efficiency, simple setup for pulse cleaning at the millijoule level by nonlinear induced birefringence,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2184–2186 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

N. Forget, A. Cotel, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, C. Le Blanc, A. Jullien, O. Albert, and G. Chériaux, “Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2921–2923 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Chériaux, J.-P. Chambaret, P. d’Oliveria, T. Auguste, and F. Falcoz, “High-efficiency, simple setup for pulse cleaning at the millijoule level by nonlinear induced birefringence,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2184–2186 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

G. Chériaux, P. Rousseau, F. Salin, J. P. Chambaret, B. Walker, and L. F. Dimauro, “Aberration-free stretcher design for ultrashort-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 414–416 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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]

N. Forget, A. Cotel, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, C. Le Blanc, A. Jullien, O. Albert, and G. Chériaux, “Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2921–2923 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Chériaux, J.-P. Chambaret, P. d’Oliveria, T. Auguste, and F. Falcoz, “High-efficiency, simple setup for pulse cleaning at the millijoule level by nonlinear induced birefringence,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2184–2186 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Zou, D. Descamps, P. Audebert, S. D. Baton, J. L. Paillard, D. Pesme, A. Michard, A. M. Suautivet, H. Timsit, and A. Migus, “LULI 100-TW Ti:Sapphire/Nd:Glass laser: A first step toward a high-performance petawatt facility,” in Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, H. Lowdermilk, ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1999), Vol. 3492, pp. 94–97.

G. Chériaux, P. Rousseau, F. Salin, J. P. Chambaret, B. Walker, and L. F. Dimauro, “Aberration-free stretcher design for ultrashort-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 414–416 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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

V. Bagnoud, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, J. D. Zuegel, T. Mooney, and P. Dumas, “High-energy, high-average-power laser with Nd:YLF rods corrected by magnetorheological finishing,” Appl. Opt. 44, 282–288 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

A. Jullien, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Chériaux, J.-P. Chambaret, P. d’Oliveria, T. Auguste, and F. Falcoz, “High-efficiency, simple setup for pulse cleaning at the millijoule level by nonlinear induced birefringence,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2184–2186 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

J. Itatani, J. Faure, M. Nantel, G. Mourou, and S. Watanabe, “Suppression of the amplified spontaneous emission in chirped-pulse-amplification lasers by clean high-energy seed-pulse injection,” Opt. Commun. 148, 70–74 (1998).
[Crossref]

A. Fernandez, T. Fuji, A. Poppe, A. Fürbach, F. Krausz, and A. Apolonski, “Chirped-pulse oscillators: A route to high-power femtosecond pulses without external amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1366–1368 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

N. Forget, A. Cotel, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, C. Le Blanc, A. Jullien, O. Albert, and G. Chériaux, “Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2921–2923 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Fernandez, T. Fuji, A. Poppe, A. Fürbach, F. Krausz, and A. Apolonski, “Chirped-pulse oscillators: A route to high-power femtosecond pulses without external amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1366–1368 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. Yoshida, E. Ishii, R. Kodama, H. Fujita, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Izawa, and T. Yamanaka, “High-power and high-contrast optical parametric chirped pulse amplification by β-BaB2O4 crystal,” Opt. Lett. 28, 257–259 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Fernandez, T. Fuji, A. Poppe, A. Fürbach, F. Krausz, and A. Apolonski, “Chirped-pulse oscillators: A route to high-power femtosecond pulses without external amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1366–1368 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

G. N. Gibson, R. Klank, F. Gibson, and B. E. Bouma, “Electro-optically cavity-dumped ultrashort-pulse Ti:Sapphire oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1055–1057 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

G. N. Gibson, R. Klank, F. Gibson, and B. E. Bouma, “Electro-optically cavity-dumped ultrashort-pulse Ti:Sapphire oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1055–1057 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. Bagnoud, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, J. D. Zuegel, T. Mooney, and P. Dumas, “High-energy, high-average-power laser with Nd:YLF rods corrected by magnetorheological finishing,” Appl. Opt. 44, 282–288 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “5-hz, >250-mJ optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier at 1053 nm,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1843–1845 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

L. J. Waxer, V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “High-conversion-efficiency optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system using spatiotemporally shaped pump pulses,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1245–1247 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

I. D. Jung, F. X. Kaertner, J. Henkmann, G. Zhang, and U. Keller, “High-dynamic-range characterization of ultrashort pulses,” Appl. Phys. B B65, 307–310 (1997).
[Crossref]

H. Yoshida, E. Ishii, R. Kodama, H. Fujita, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Izawa, and T. Yamanaka, “High-power and high-contrast optical parametric chirped pulse amplification by β-BaB2O4 crystal,” Opt. Lett. 28, 257–259 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Itatani, J. Faure, M. Nantel, G. Mourou, and S. Watanabe, “Suppression of the amplified spontaneous emission in chirped-pulse-amplification lasers by clean high-energy seed-pulse injection,” Opt. Commun. 148, 70–74 (1998).
[Crossref]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

V. V. Ivanov, A. Maksimchuk, and G. Mourou, “Amplified spontaneous emission in a Ti:Sapphire regenerative amplifier,” Appl. Opt. 42, 7231–7234 (2003).
[Crossref]

H. Yoshida, E. Ishii, R. Kodama, H. Fujita, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Izawa, and T. Yamanaka, “High-power and high-contrast optical parametric chirped pulse amplification by β-BaB2O4 crystal,” Opt. Lett. 28, 257–259 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

N. Forget, A. Cotel, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, C. Le Blanc, A. Jullien, O. Albert, and G. Chériaux, “Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2921–2923 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Chériaux, J.-P. Chambaret, P. d’Oliveria, T. Auguste, and F. Falcoz, “High-efficiency, simple setup for pulse cleaning at the millijoule level by nonlinear induced birefringence,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2184–2186 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

I. D. Jung, F. X. Kaertner, J. Henkmann, G. Zhang, and U. Keller, “High-dynamic-range characterization of ultrashort pulses,” Appl. Phys. B B65, 307–310 (1997).
[Crossref]

I. D. Jung, F. X. Kaertner, J. Henkmann, G. Zhang, and U. Keller, “High-dynamic-range characterization of ultrashort pulses,” Appl. Phys. B B65, 307–310 (1997).
[Crossref]

M. P. Kalashnikov, E. Risse, H. Schönnagel, and W. Sander, “Double chirped-pulse-amplification laser: A way to clean pulses temporally,” Opt. Lett. 30, 923–925 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

I. D. Jung, F. X. Kaertner, J. Henkmann, G. Zhang, and U. Keller, “High-dynamic-range characterization of ultrashort pulses,” Appl. Phys. B B65, 307–310 (1997).
[Crossref]

H. Yoshida, E. Ishii, R. Kodama, H. Fujita, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Izawa, and T. Yamanaka, “High-power and high-contrast optical parametric chirped pulse amplification by β-BaB2O4 crystal,” Opt. Lett. 28, 257–259 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

G. N. Gibson, R. Klank, F. Gibson, and B. E. Bouma, “Electro-optically cavity-dumped ultrashort-pulse Ti:Sapphire oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1055–1057 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. Yoshida, E. Ishii, R. Kodama, H. Fujita, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Izawa, and T. Yamanaka, “High-power and high-contrast optical parametric chirped pulse amplification by β-BaB2O4 crystal,” Opt. Lett. 28, 257–259 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Fernandez, T. Fuji, A. Poppe, A. Fürbach, F. Krausz, and A. Apolonski, “Chirped-pulse oscillators: A route to high-power femtosecond pulses without external amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1366–1368 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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]

V. V. Ivanov, A. Maksimchuk, and G. Mourou, “Amplified spontaneous emission in a Ti:Sapphire regenerative amplifier,” Appl. Opt. 42, 7231–7234 (2003).
[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]

J. Zou, D. Descamps, P. Audebert, S. D. Baton, J. L. Paillard, D. Pesme, A. Michard, A. M. Suautivet, H. Timsit, and A. Migus, “LULI 100-TW Ti:Sapphire/Nd:Glass laser: A first step toward a high-performance petawatt facility,” in Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, H. Lowdermilk, ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1999), Vol. 3492, pp. 94–97.

J. Zou, D. Descamps, P. Audebert, S. D. Baton, J. L. Paillard, D. Pesme, A. Michard, A. M. Suautivet, H. Timsit, and A. Migus, “LULI 100-TW Ti:Sapphire/Nd:Glass laser: A first step toward a high-performance petawatt facility,” in Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, H. Lowdermilk, ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1999), Vol. 3492, pp. 94–97.

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

V. Bagnoud, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, J. D. Zuegel, T. Mooney, and P. Dumas, “High-energy, high-average-power laser with Nd:YLF rods corrected by magnetorheological finishing,” Appl. Opt. 44, 282–288 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. V. Ivanov, A. Maksimchuk, and G. Mourou, “Amplified spontaneous emission in a Ti:Sapphire regenerative amplifier,” Appl. Opt. 42, 7231–7234 (2003).
[Crossref]

J. Itatani, J. Faure, M. Nantel, G. Mourou, and S. Watanabe, “Suppression of the amplified spontaneous emission in chirped-pulse-amplification lasers by clean high-energy seed-pulse injection,” Opt. Commun. 148, 70–74 (1998).
[Crossref]

D. Strickland and G. Mourou, “Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses,” Opt. Commun. 55, 447–449 (1985).
[Crossref]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

J. Itatani, J. Faure, M. Nantel, G. Mourou, and S. Watanabe, “Suppression of the amplified spontaneous emission in chirped-pulse-amplification lasers by clean high-energy seed-pulse injection,” Opt. Commun. 148, 70–74 (1998).
[Crossref]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

J. Zou, D. Descamps, P. Audebert, S. D. Baton, J. L. Paillard, D. Pesme, A. Michard, A. M. Suautivet, H. Timsit, and A. Migus, “LULI 100-TW Ti:Sapphire/Nd:Glass laser: A first step toward a high-performance petawatt facility,” in Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, H. Lowdermilk, ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1999), Vol. 3492, pp. 94–97.

J. Zou, D. Descamps, P. Audebert, S. D. Baton, J. L. Paillard, D. Pesme, A. Michard, A. M. Suautivet, H. Timsit, and A. Migus, “LULI 100-TW Ti:Sapphire/Nd:Glass laser: A first step toward a high-performance petawatt facility,” in Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, H. Lowdermilk, ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1999), Vol. 3492, pp. 94–97.

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

A. Fernandez, T. Fuji, A. Poppe, A. Fürbach, F. Krausz, and A. Apolonski, “Chirped-pulse oscillators: A route to high-power femtosecond pulses without external amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1366–1368 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

V. Bagnoud, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, J. D. Zuegel, T. Mooney, and P. Dumas, “High-energy, high-average-power laser with Nd:YLF rods corrected by magnetorheological finishing,” Appl. Opt. 44, 282–288 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “5-hz, >250-mJ optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier at 1053 nm,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1843–1845 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

L. J. Waxer, V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “High-conversion-efficiency optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system using spatiotemporally shaped pump pulses,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1245–1247 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. P. Kalashnikov, E. Risse, H. Schönnagel, and W. Sander, “Double chirped-pulse-amplification laser: A way to clean pulses temporally,” Opt. Lett. 30, 923–925 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (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]

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

G. Chériaux, P. Rousseau, F. Salin, J. P. Chambaret, B. Walker, and L. F. Dimauro, “Aberration-free stretcher design for ultrashort-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 414–416 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

G. Chériaux, P. Rousseau, F. Salin, J. P. Chambaret, B. Walker, and L. F. Dimauro, “Aberration-free stretcher design for ultrashort-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 414–416 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

M. P. Kalashnikov, E. Risse, H. Schönnagel, and W. Sander, “Double chirped-pulse-amplification laser: A way to clean pulses temporally,” Opt. Lett. 30, 923–925 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. P. Kalashnikov, E. Risse, H. Schönnagel, and W. Sander, “Double chirped-pulse-amplification laser: A way to clean pulses temporally,” Opt. Lett. 30, 923–925 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. Strickland and G. Mourou, “Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses,” Opt. Commun. 55, 447–449 (1985).
[Crossref]

J. Zou, D. Descamps, P. Audebert, S. D. Baton, J. L. Paillard, D. Pesme, A. Michard, A. M. Suautivet, H. Timsit, and A. Migus, “LULI 100-TW Ti:Sapphire/Nd:Glass laser: A first step toward a high-performance petawatt facility,” in Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, H. Lowdermilk, ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1999), Vol. 3492, pp. 94–97.

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

J. Zou, D. Descamps, P. Audebert, S. D. Baton, J. L. Paillard, D. Pesme, A. Michard, A. M. Suautivet, H. Timsit, and A. Migus, “LULI 100-TW Ti:Sapphire/Nd:Glass laser: A first step toward a high-performance petawatt facility,” in Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, H. Lowdermilk, ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1999), Vol. 3492, pp. 94–97.

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]

D. Umstadter, “Review of physics and applications of relativistic plasmas driven by ultra-intense lasers,” Phys. Plasmas 8, 1774–1785 (2001).
[Crossref]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

G. Chériaux, P. Rousseau, F. Salin, J. P. Chambaret, B. Walker, and L. F. Dimauro, “Aberration-free stretcher design for ultrashort-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 414–416 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Itatani, J. Faure, M. Nantel, G. Mourou, and S. Watanabe, “Suppression of the amplified spontaneous emission in chirped-pulse-amplification lasers by clean high-energy seed-pulse injection,” Opt. Commun. 148, 70–74 (1998).
[Crossref]

L. J. Waxer, V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “High-conversion-efficiency optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system using spatiotemporally shaped pump pulses,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1245–1247 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. Yoshida, E. Ishii, R. Kodama, H. Fujita, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Izawa, and T. Yamanaka, “High-power and high-contrast optical parametric chirped pulse amplification by β-BaB2O4 crystal,” Opt. Lett. 28, 257–259 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Yariv, Quantum electronics, 3rd ed. (Wiley, New York, 1989).

H. Yoshida, E. Ishii, R. Kodama, H. Fujita, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Izawa, and T. Yamanaka, “High-power and high-contrast optical parametric chirped pulse amplification by β-BaB2O4 crystal,” Opt. Lett. 28, 257–259 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

I. D. Jung, F. X. Kaertner, J. Henkmann, G. Zhang, and U. Keller, “High-dynamic-range characterization of ultrashort pulses,” Appl. Phys. B B65, 307–310 (1997).
[Crossref]

J. Zou, D. Descamps, P. Audebert, S. D. Baton, J. L. Paillard, D. Pesme, A. Michard, A. M. Suautivet, H. Timsit, and A. Migus, “LULI 100-TW Ti:Sapphire/Nd:Glass laser: A first step toward a high-performance petawatt facility,” in Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, H. Lowdermilk, ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1999), Vol. 3492, pp. 94–97.

V. Bagnoud, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, J. D. Zuegel, T. Mooney, and P. Dumas, “High-energy, high-average-power laser with Nd:YLF rods corrected by magnetorheological finishing,” Appl. Opt. 44, 282–288 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “5-hz, >250-mJ optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier at 1053 nm,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1843–1845 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

L. J. Waxer, V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “High-conversion-efficiency optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system using spatiotemporally shaped pump pulses,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1245–1247 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. V. Ivanov, A. Maksimchuk, and G. Mourou, “Amplified spontaneous emission in a Ti:Sapphire regenerative amplifier,” Appl. Opt. 42, 7231–7234 (2003).
[Crossref]

V. Bagnoud, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, J. D. Zuegel, T. Mooney, and P. Dumas, “High-energy, high-average-power laser with Nd:YLF rods corrected by magnetorheological finishing,” Appl. Opt. 44, 282–288 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

I. D. Jung, F. X. Kaertner, J. Henkmann, G. Zhang, and U. Keller, “High-dynamic-range characterization of ultrashort pulses,” Appl. Phys. B B65, 307–310 (1997).
[Crossref]

M. Nantel, J. Itatani, A.-C. Tien, J. Faure, D. Kaplan, M. Bouvier, T. Buma, P. Van Rompay, J. A. Nees, P. P. Pronko, D. Umstadter, and G. A. Mourou, “Temporal contrast in Ti:Sapphire lasers: Characterization and control,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4, 449–458 (1998).
[Crossref]

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

D. Strickland and G. Mourou, “Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses,” Opt. Commun. 55, 447–449 (1985).
[Crossref]

J. Itatani, J. Faure, M. Nantel, G. Mourou, and S. Watanabe, “Suppression of the amplified spontaneous emission in chirped-pulse-amplification lasers by clean high-energy seed-pulse injection,” Opt. Commun. 148, 70–74 (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]

N. Forget, A. Cotel, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, C. Le Blanc, A. Jullien, O. Albert, and G. Chériaux, “Pump-noise transfer in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2921–2923 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. Yoshida, E. Ishii, R. Kodama, H. Fujita, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Izawa, and T. Yamanaka, “High-power and high-contrast optical parametric chirped pulse amplification by β-BaB2O4 crystal,” Opt. Lett. 28, 257–259 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “5-hz, >250-mJ optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier at 1053 nm,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1843–1845 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Chériaux, J.-P. Chambaret, P. d’Oliveria, T. Auguste, and F. Falcoz, “High-efficiency, simple setup for pulse cleaning at the millijoule level by nonlinear induced birefringence,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2184–2186 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

G. N. Gibson, R. Klank, F. Gibson, and B. E. Bouma, “Electro-optically cavity-dumped ultrashort-pulse Ti:Sapphire oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1055–1057 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Fernandez, T. Fuji, A. Poppe, A. Fürbach, F. Krausz, and A. Apolonski, “Chirped-pulse oscillators: A route to high-power femtosecond pulses without external amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 1366–1368 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

L. J. Waxer, V. Bagnoud, I. A. Begishev, M. J. Guardalben, J. Puth, and J. D. Zuegel, “High-conversion-efficiency optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system using spatiotemporally shaped pump pulses,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1245–1247 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Jullien, O. Albert, F. Burgy, G. Hamoniaux, J.-P. Rousseau, J.-P. Chambarét, F. Augé-Rochereau, G. Cheriaux, J. Etchepare, N. Minkovski, and S. M. Saltiel, “10-10 temporal contrast for femtosecond ultraintense lasers by cross-polarized wave generation,” Opt. Lett. 30, 920–922 (2006).
[Crossref]

M. P. Kalashnikov, E. Risse, H. Schönnagel, and W. Sander, “Double chirped-pulse-amplification laser: A way to clean pulses temporally,” Opt. Lett. 30, 923–925 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

G. Chériaux, P. Rousseau, F. Salin, J. P. Chambaret, B. Walker, and L. F. Dimauro, “Aberration-free stretcher design for ultrashort-pulse amplification,” Opt. Lett. 21, 414–416 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. Umstadter, “Review of physics and applications of relativistic plasmas driven by ultra-intense lasers,” Phys. Plasmas 8, 1774–1785 (2001).
[Crossref]

J. Zou, D. Descamps, P. Audebert, S. D. Baton, J. L. Paillard, D. Pesme, A. Michard, A. M. Suautivet, H. Timsit, and A. Migus, “LULI 100-TW Ti:Sapphire/Nd:Glass laser: A first step toward a high-performance petawatt facility,” in Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, H. Lowdermilk, ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1999), Vol. 3492, pp. 94–97.

A. Yariv, Quantum electronics, 3rd ed. (Wiley, New York, 1989).