Title :
Gain narrowing and spectral shifting control in Apollon-10P, petawatt hybrid CPA laser system
Author :
Giambruno, F. ; Radier, C. ; Chériaux, G.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Opt. Appl., Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
The present study propose a possible solution consisting to modulate the spectrum before each Ti:Sa amplifier with appropriate spectral filters. By slightly modifying the amplifiers parameters, 150 J and 15 fs pulses could be achieved using appropriate spectral filters. A compensating spectral gain distortion technique has been demonstrated.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical filters; optical pulse generation; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; Apollon-10P; Ti:Sa amplifier; gain narrowing; hybrid CPA laser; spectral filters; spectral gain distortion compensation; spectral shifting control; Chemical lasers; Control systems; Filtering; Filters; Laser noise; Optical control; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Titanium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196367
