Numerical investigations of signal-spectrum shaping based on conformal profile theory in optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

We proposed a theoretical description and numerical model of signal-spectrum shaping based on conformal profile theory and the three-dimensional coupling wave equations for improving the performance of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA). Using our model, we executed quantitative simulations of signal-spectrum shaping and compared the differences of spatiotemporal amplification characteristics between a shaped signal-spectrum and Gaussian signal-spectrum of an OPCPA based on LiB3O5 near 800 nm. By comparison, we found that the conversion efficiency from pump to signal can be dramatically boosted via signal-spectrum shaping. Meanwhile the amplified-spectrum profile, as well as the Fourier-limited pulse, can be improved significantly. We also found that the spatial spot profiles, for injecting a shaped signal or a Gaussian signal in OPCPA, are nearly the same before the saturation regime and at the maximum conversion efficiency or output energy.