CPA
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CPA is a laser technology technique that amplifies ultrashort light pulses to extremely high peak powers by stretching, amplifying, and then recompressing them.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chirped pulse amplification technique
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laser technology technique ⓘ |
| advantage |
allows amplification to very high energies
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prevents damage to optical components during amplification ⓘ |
| category |
nonlinear optics technique
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ultrafast laser technology ⓘ |
| component |
pulse amplifier
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pulse compressor ⓘ pulse stretcher ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Donna Strickland
NERFINISHED
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Gérard Mourou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developmentYear | mid‑1980s ⓘ |
| enables |
attosecond pulse generation
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generation of extremely high electric fields ⓘ generation of high‑order harmonics ⓘ laser‑driven particle acceleration ⓘ petawatt‑class laser systems ⓘ terawatt‑class laser systems ⓘ |
| firstDemonstratedAt | University of Rochester GENERATED ⓘ |
| fullName | Chirped Pulse Amplification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyConcept | time‑bandwidth product conservation in pulse manipulation ⓘ |
| operatesOn | chirped optical pulses ⓘ |
| principle |
amplifying temporally stretched pulses at lower peak intensity
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recompressing amplified pulses to near original duration ⓘ stretching ultrashort pulses in time before amplification ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedFor | method of generating high‑intensity ultra‑short optical pulses ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
mode‑locked lasers
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optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) ⓘ |
| requires |
dispersive optical elements
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gratings or prisms for stretching and compression ⓘ |
| typicalGainMedium |
Ti:sapphire amplifiers
GENERATED
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fiber amplifiers GENERATED ⓘ solid‑state laser amplifiers GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalPulseDuration |
femtosecond regime
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picosecond regime ⓘ |
| usedFor |
achieving extremely high peak powers
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amplifying ultrashort light pulses ⓘ high‑intensity laser physics ⓘ ultrafast laser science ⓘ |
| usedIn |
attosecond science
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high‑field physics ⓘ inertial confinement fusion research ⓘ laser physics ⓘ material processing ⓘ micromachining ⓘ nonlinear optics experiments ⓘ optics ⓘ |
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