Compensation of self-phase modulation in chirped-pulse amplification laser systems

被引:34
作者
Braun, A
Kane, S
Norris, T
机构
[1] Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099
[2] Reveo, Inc., Hawthorne, NY 10532
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D O I
10.1364/OL.22.000615
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Small amounts of self-phase modulation can lead to significant pulse distortions in chirped-pulse amplifiers. However, we show the surprising result that the strong chirp of the pulse can be exploited to remove these distortions completely by linear pulse shaping before amplification. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.
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页码:615 / 617
页数:3
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