Batysta František, Antipenkov Roman, Novák Jakub, Green Jonathan T, Naylon Jack A, Horáček Jakub, Horáček Martin, Hubka Zbyněk, Boge Robert, Mazanec Tomáš, Himmel Bedřich, Bakule Pavel, Rus Bedřich
Opt Express. 2016 Aug 8;24(16):17843-8. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.017843.
We report on a broadband OPCPA system, pumped at 515 nm by frequency doubled Yb:YAG thin disk lasers. The system delivers 11.3 mJ pulses at a central wavelength of 800 nm with a spatial beam quality of M = 1.25 and > 25% pump-to-signal conversion efficiency. The broadband pulses were demonstrated to be compressible to 12 fs using a chirped mirror compressor.
