This PHD work is aiming at the development of a pump source for the nanosecond OPCPA of the 10 PW laser Apollon.First, we present the characteristics of the multipetawatt systems and the interest of OPCPA architecture for this type of systems. After detailing its characteristics, we then justify the choice of Yb:CaF2 as active media for the development of the nanosecond OPCPA pump source. We finally end the first chapter by the preliminary design of the pump source which is adapted to the specificities of the Yb:CaF2 crystal.The second chapter begins by the study of thermal lenses and thermal induced depolarization under high-power pumping in function of polarization or crystal orientation. The results allow us to validate the choice of [11...