Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification – OPCPA
Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification – OPCPA
Ref. LSL-17
3 DAYS (21H)
OBJECTIFS
- To provide a basic knowledge in both linear and non-linear optics
- To understand parametric process
- To learn how to simulate et design the various stages involved in parametric amplification (SHG, OPO, OPA, OPCPA)
- To present state-of-the-art OPA and OPCPA devices
- To foster a network at the national and international level
- To facilitate the exchange of knowledge and to share know-how between the attendees
PUBLIC
- Users or designers of high-intensity, high-energy or high average power lasers
- Technicians, engineers, researchers
- Undergraduates and Ph.D. students
ÉVALUATION
- Assessment
- Certificate of completion
INTERVENANTS
- Internationally renowned speakers experts in their field
PROGRAMME
- Basic concepts
Ultrashort pulse propagation, dispersion, CEP ;
Principles of linear and non-linear optics. Second or third order susceptibility. Phase matching. Non-linear processes ;
Architectures involving parametric amplification processes associated with second order and third order ;
Non-linear materials ; Simulating parametric processes - OPA based systems
High energy and high average power SHG ; MidIR ultrashort pulses at 160 kHz ; 2 cycles at 2 µm at 100 kHz ; High-energy OPCPA at 3.9 µm ;
4.5 fs 20 GW at 800 nm ; OPCPA front-end for PETAL 10 PW laser ; Fiber OPA ; Fourier Domain OPA ; Visible OPA ; High-intensity / high-energy OPCPA ;
High–contrast OPCPA front-end - Lab work
Simulations ; Frequency doubling, phase matching, angular-spectral-temperature acceptance ; Supercontinuum generation and DFG ; CEP control and measurement ; OPA ; Fiber OPA ; 4WM
MÉTHODES & MOYENS PÉDAGOGIQUES
- Lectures
- Hands on training
- Calculation and simulations
