Table-top optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers: past and present  

作　　者：Audrius Dubietis Aidas Matijošius 

机构地区：[1]Laser Research Center,Vilnius University,Saulėtekio Avenue 10,LT-10223 Vilnius,Lithuania

出　　处：《Opto-Electronic Advances》2023年第3期57-83,共27页光电进展（英文）

基　　金：We are grateful to Dr.D.Kaškelytėfor building a comprehensive literature database on OPCPA.We also would like to add the following dedication at the very end of the paper:This article is dedicated to the memory of Professor Algis Petras Piskarskas(1942-2022).

摘　　要：The generation of power-and wavelength-scalable few optical cycle pulses remains one of the major challenges in modern laser physics.Over the past decade,the development of table-top optical parametric chirped pulse amplificationbased systems was progressing at amazing speed,demonstrating excellent performance characteristics in terms of pulse duration,energy,peak power and repetition rate,which place them at the front line of modern ultrafast laser technology.At present,table-top optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers comprise a unique class of ultrafast light sources,which currently amplify octave-spanning spectra and produce carrier-envelope phase-stable,few optical cycle pulses with multi-gigawatt to multi-terawatt peak powers and multi-watt average powers,with carrier wavelengths spanning a considerable range of the optical spectrum.This article gives an overview on the state of the art of table-top optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers,addressing their relevant scientific and technological aspects,and provides a short outlook of practical applications in the growing field of ultrafast science.

关 键 词：optical parametric amplification post-compression ultrafast nonlinear optics high harmonic generation 

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