Ultrafast optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) can provide, under suitable conditions, ultra-
broad gain bandwidths and can thus be used as effective tools for the generation of widely …

We demonstrate a compact diode-pumped Yb: KGW femtosecond oscillator-Yb: YAG
Innoslab amplifier master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) with nearly transform-limited …

Femtosecond systems based on ytterbium as active medium are ideal for driving ultrafast
optical parametric amplifiers in a broad frequency range. The excellent stability of the source …

We describe two noncollinear optical parametric amplifier (NOPA) systems pumped by
either the second (515 nm) or the third (343 nm) harmonic from an Yb: KGW source. Pulse …

The influence of parasitic processes on the performance of ultra-broadband noncollinear
optical parametric amplifiers (NOPA's) is investigated for walk-off and non-walk-off …

We have experimentally investigated supercontinuum (SC) generation and the evolution of
optical damage in sapphire and YAG crystals with 180 fs, 1035 nm pulses from an amplified …

Femtosecond laser pulses, which are tunable from 440 to 990 nm, are generated at MHz
repetition rates by noncollinear parametric amplification (NOPA). The pulses have durations …

We characterize spatiotemporal aberrations induced in noncollinear optical parametric
amplifiers (NOPAs), for the first time (to our knowledge), using spatially resolved spectral …

We extend the concept of broadband phase matching in a noncollinear optical parametric
amplifier (NOPA) to the near-IR. In an 800 nm pumped NOPA using periodically poled …

We report on a near-infrared non-collinear optical parametric amplifier (NOPA) based on
periodically poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate. The NOPA generates μJ-energy pulses …