Temporal cleaning of a high-energy fiber-based ultrafast laser using cross-polarized wave generation

被引：9
作者：
Zaouter, Yoann [1 ]
Ramirez, Lourdes Patricia [2 ]
Papadopoulos, Dimitrios N. [3 ]
Hoenninger, Clemens [1 ]
Hanna, Marc [2 ]
Druon, Frederic [2 ]
Mottay, Eric [1 ]
Georges, Patrick [2 ]
机构：
[1] Amplitude Syst, F-33600 Pessac, France
[2] Univ Paris 11, CNRS, Inst Opt, Lab Charles Fabry,RD 128, F-91127 Palaiseau, France
[3] Univ Paris 11, Inst Opt, ENSTA Paristech,CNRS, Ecole Polytech,Inst Lumiere Extreme, Palaiseau, France
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2011年 / 36卷 / 10期
关键词：
PULSE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM; FEMTOSECOND; CONTRAST;
D O I：
10.1364/OL.36.001830
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We report the use of cross-polarized wave generation to perform both pulse shortening and temporal cleaning of a high-energy ytterbium-doped fiber-based femtosecond laser system. The nonlinear processes allow both a highly efficient nonlinear conversion of 20% and a large compression ratio of 3.5, with inherently improved coherent and incoherent contrasts. This results in the generation of 37 mu J, 115 fs pulses at a repetition rate of 100 kHz with high temporal quality. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
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页码：1830 / 1832
页数：3
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