Generation and Parametric Amplification of Few‐Cycle Light Pulses at Relativistic Intensities

• Main Author: Kessel, Alexander (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Lasers.; Photonics.; Quantum optics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Quantum Optics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

This book reports on the development of a pioneering light source architecture of the so-called Petawatt Field Synthesizer (PFS) system, which is based on short-pulse pumped, optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA), driven by a homemade, 1-ps diode-pumped Yb:YAG. At a few-cycle pulse...