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SMI: Science meets Industry

SMI 1: Science meets industry

SMI 1.3: Talk

Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 14:10–14:25, H1

Basics and concepts of optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) — •Robert Riedel — Class 5 Photonics GmbH, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg

Class 5 Photonics delivers ultrafast, high-power laser technology at outstanding performance to advance demanding applications from bio-imaging to ultrafast material science and attosecond science. The basis of Class 5 Photonics' high-power femtosecond laser technology is the nonlinear amplifier concept called optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA). The concept of OPCPA combines the laser chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) scheme with optical parametric amplification (OPA). With this powerful combination, the advantages of both methods are merged. Ultrashort femtosecond pulses can be amplified at different wavelengths to high pulse energies at high repetition rates.