Title :
Optimization of ultrafast chirped-pulse amplification with large nonlinearity
Author :
Chong, A. ; Kuznetsova, L. ; Wise, F.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
Abstract :
The mechanism of chirped-pulse amplification performance improvement with interplay of nonlinearity and third-order dispersion is successfully interpreted with a simple theoretical model. One can extract design parameters optimizing the output performance according to the model
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical dispersion; chirped-pulse amplification; design parameters optimization; nonlinearity; third-order dispersion; Chirp; Degradation; Design optimization; Gratings; Power system modeling; Predictive models; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Shape; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2006 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0090-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2006.1694014
