Influence of Kerr Anisotropy in Parametric Amplification

Nathan G Drouillard, Fadi Farook, Meerna Albert +4

Four-wave parametric amplification can be extended to the TW/cm${}^2$ regime using femtosecond pump pulses to amplify nearly octave spanning pulses with gain $>20$~mm${}^{-1}$, which…