Title: Design Considerations for Dispersion Control with a Compact Bonded Grism Stretcher for Broadband Pulse Amplification.
Authors: Kiriyama, H.; Sasao, H.; Sugiyama, A.; Ertel, K.
Abstract: We report on the design of a compact grism-pair stretcher for a near-infrared noncollinear optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) system. The grisms are produced by bonding a grating to a prism using a resin. The stretcher is capable of controlling a bandwidth of over 300 nm, which is suitable for parametric amplification of few-cycle pulses. After amplification, pulses can be compressed by the dispersion of optical glass, and the residual group-delay can be compensated with an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter (AOPDF).
Subjects: DISPERSION (Chemistry); LUDERS bands; CHIRPED pulse amplification; ACOUSTOOPTICS; OPTICAL parametric amplifiers; OPTICAL glass
Publication: ISRN Optics, 2012, p1
ISSN: 2090-7826
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.5402/2012/120827

Design Considerations for Dispersion Control with a Compact Bonded Grism Stretcher for Broadband Pulse Amplification.

Kiriyama, H.; Sasao, H.; Sugiyama, A.; Ertel, K.