Title :
High-energy pulse compressor using self-defocusing spectral broadening in anomalously dispersive media
Author :
Bache, Morten ; Binbin Zhou
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
A new high-energy pulse compressor uses self-defocusing spectral broadening in anomalously dispersive quadratic nonlinear crystals, followed by positive group-delay-dispersion compensation. Compression to sub-50 fs is possible from Joule-class 1.03 μm femtosecond amplifiers in large-aperture KDP.
Keywords :
delays; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical materials; optical pulse compression; potassium compounds; spectral line broadening; KDP; anomalously dispersive media; femtosecond amplifiers; high-energy pulse compressor; large-aperture KDP; positive group-delay-dispersion compensation; pulse compression; quadratic nonlinear crystals; self-defocusing spectral broadening; wavelength 1.03 mum; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
