Title :
An active feedback pulse shaping technique with spectral phase and intensity modulation to generate transform limited, parabolic pulses for CPA systems
Author :
Nguyen, Dat ; Piracha, Mohammad Umar ; Kim, Kyungbum ; Hamamoto, Mathew ; Mielke, Michael ; Delfyett, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
A first demonstration of fiber based CPA system with an active feedback loop utilizing spectral phase and intensity modulation to generate clean, high contrast, 10 dB pedestals suppression, transform limited pulse with parabolic intensity profile.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; intensity modulation; laser feedback; optical modulation; optical pulse shaping; phase modulation; active feedback loop; active feedback pulse shaping; chirped pulse amplification; fiber based CPA system; intensity modulation; parabolic intensity profile; parabolic pulses; spectral phase modulation; transform limited pulse; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulse shaping; Phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6