Ultra-broadband optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification using an Yb: LiYF(4) chirped-pulse amplification pump laser.

We demonstrate ultra-broadband optical parametric chirpedpulse amplification of 300-nm bandwidth pumped by a broadband pulse delivered from a diode-pumped, cryogenically-cooled Yb:YLF chirped- pulse amplification laser.

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