Fivefold compression of 250-TW laser pulses
Vladislav Ginzburg, Ivan Yakovlev, Aleksandr Zuev, A.P. Korobeynikova, Аnton Kochetkov, Alexey Kuzmin, Sergey Mironov, A. A. Shaykin, Ilya Shaikin, Е. А. Хазанов, G. Mourou
Abstract
The pulse spectrum at the laser output was broadened due to self-phase modulation in fused silica and then the pulse was compressed by chirped mirrors. It was demonstrated that with an optimal choice of mirror dispersion a pulse with an energy of 17 J can be compressed from 70 to 14 fs. This compression after compressor approach has undoubted merits: simplicity, low cost, negligible pulse energy losses, and applicability to any high-power laser.
Topics & Concepts
OpticsPulse compressionLaserMaterials scienceGas compressorPulse (music)Bandwidth-limited pulseDispersion (optics)Compression (physics)Energy (signal processing)Femtosecond pulse shapingUltrashort pulsePrism compressorMultiphoton intrapulse interference phase scanPower (physics)PhysicsTelecommunicationsComputer scienceDetectorThermodynamicsRadarQuantum mechanicsComposite materialLaser-Matter Interactions and ApplicationsLaser Design and ApplicationsLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics