… and OPCPA system generating 260 mJ pulses centered at 2052 nm and 0.75 mJ mid-IR pulses
at 7 μm at a … We demonstrated that the chirp inversion scheme improved the total OPCPA …

… Using 21.7 mJ of the available pump energy, we generate 0.75-mJ-energy pulses at 7 µm
due to increased efficiency with a chirp-inversion scheme. The pulse quality of the system’s …

… pump was passed through a polarizer to ensure pumping with π -polarization, while the c-axis
of the crystal was aligned horizontal and the pump … for direct pumping of mid-IR OPCPA. …

… The maximum output energy of 260 mJ was achieved by optimising the pump and seed …
the performance of ZGP as an OPA crystal for amplifying 7 µm pulses using a 2 µm pump. …

… pump laser of the OPCPA described in this work relies on chirped pulse amplification (CPA)
using Ho:YLF … repetition rate and directed toward a Ho:YLF ring regenerative amplifier (RA). …

… level due to strong pump absorption in the highly doped Ho:YLF crystal, the … Ho:YLF, we
did not observe any thermal lensing in the Ho:YLF when increasing the amount of incident pump …

… pulses is based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA). The use of
commercial kW-class Yb:YAG lasers as pump sources enables the generation of multi-mJ pulses …

… Abstract: We report on the generation of 260-mJ pulses at 2 µm wavelength from a Ho:YLF
MOPA system for pumping a millijoule-class 7-µm OPCPA. … Here, we present the latest …

… A simple, stable front-end for a mid-IR OPCPA has been successfully implemented using …
-energy Ho:YLF pump laser, as well as broadband mid-IR light to seed an OPCPA though a …

… mid-IR OPCPA system based on PPLN and PPSLT crystals, … solid-state laser was reported
for the generation of 260 mJ, 16 ps … [71],1.0 mJ at 5 μm [72], 0.75 mJ at 7 μm [73]. The ability of …