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Journal Articles Applied Physics B - Laser and Optics Year : 2006

Nonlinear temporal pulse cleaning of a 1-μm optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system

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We demonstrate the technique of cross-polarized wave (XPW) generation at 1 μm with a 310-fs optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system at the millijoule level. We show an improvement of the temporal contrast by three orders of magnitude with an energy transmission of 22%. Additionally, we report that XPW generation preserves the beam spatial quality and shortens the pulse duration by a factor of 3^1/2, resulting in a peak power transmission of ∼35%.

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hal-00526313 , version 1 (14-10-2010)

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Arnaud Cotel, A. Jullien, A. Forget, O. Albert, Gilles Cheriaux, et al.. Nonlinear temporal pulse cleaning of a 1-μm optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system. Applied Physics B - Laser and Optics, 2006, 83 (1), pp.7-10. ⟨10.1007/s00340-006-2143-z⟩. ⟨hal-00526313⟩
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