Accurate all-optical synchronization of 1064 nm pulses with 794nm femtosecond pulses for optical parametric chirped pulse amplification.

All-optical synchronization of 1064 nm pulses with femtosecond laser pulses at 794 nm is realized on the basis of continuous-wave laser seeded non-collinear optical parametric amplification, by using a CW laser at 632.8 nm as the seeded signal and intense frequency-doubled Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser at 396 nm as the pumping source. The generated background-free idler pulses at 1064 nm can be used as an accurately synchronized pump seed for the optical parametric amplification of ultra-broadband chirped Ti:sapphire laser pulses.

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