Abstract
We propose a method to efficiently generate terawatt (TW)-class mid-infrared (MIR) femtosecond laser pulses with high spatiotemporal quality through optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA). By transforming the pump-beam profile for the OPCPA from Gaussian to flat-top using a designed field mapping optics consisting of two aspherical lenses, we obtain a TW-class femtosecond laser pulse at 2 µm with a conversion efficiency of over 36% according to our simulations. Furthermore, the spatiotemporal coupling effects are greatly suppressed in our method compared to an OPCPA system that is pumped by a widely employed Gaussian profile beam. Our work provides a simple and robust method for developing OPCPA systems with high efficiency and high pulse quality.
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