Energy-scalable temporal cleaning device for femtosecond laser pulses based on cross-polarized wave generation

被引：29

作者：

Ricci, Aurelien ^{[1
,2
]}

Jullien, Aurelie ^{[1
]}

Rousseau, Jean-Philippe ^{[1
]}

Liu, Yi ^{[1
]}

Houard, Aurelien ^{[1
]}

Ramirez, Patricia ^{[3
]}

Papadopoulos, Dimitris ^{[3
,4
]}

Pellegrina, Alain ^{[3
,4
]}

Georges, Patrick ^{[3
]}

Druon, Frederic ^{[3
]}

Forget, Nicolas ^{[5
]}

Lopez-Martens, Rodrigo ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ecole Polytech, CNRS, ENSTA Paristech, Lab Opt Appl, F-91761 Palaiseau, France

[2] Thales Optron SA, Laser Solut Unit, F-78995 Elancourt, France

[3] Univ Paris 02, CNRS, Inst Opt, Lab Charles Fabry, F-91127 Palaiseau, France

[4] Univ Paris 06, Ecole Polytech, CEA, Lab Utilisat Lasers Intenses,CNRS, Palaiseau, France

[5] Fastlite, Ctr Sci Orsay, F-91401 Orsay, France

来源：

REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS | 2013年 / 84卷 / 04期

关键词：

HIGH-POWER; HARMONIC-GENERATION; CONTRAST; AMPLIFICATION; CRYSTAL; SUPPRESSION; COMPRESSION; SATURATION; SYSTEMS; FS;

D O I：

10.1063/1.4801457

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

We report on a compact energy-scalable device for generating high-fidelity femtosecond laser pulses based on spatial filtering through a hollow-core fiber followed by a nonlinear crystal for cross-polarized wave (XPW) generation. This versatile device is suited for temporal pulse cleaning over a wide range of input energies (from 0.1 to >10 mJ) and is successfully qualified on different ultrafast laser systems. Full characterization of the XPW output is presented. In particular, we demonstrate the generation of 1.6 mJ energy pulses starting from 11 mJ input pulse energy. The temporal contrast of the pulses is enhanced by more than 4 orders of magnitude. In addition, pulse shortening from 40 fs down to 15 fs Fourier-transform limit yields an overall peak-power transmission of up to 50%. This device not only serves as an integrated pulse contrast filter inside an ultrafast laser amplifier but also as a simple back-end solution for temporal post-compression of amplified pulses. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4801457]

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