Title :
Efficient compression of high-energy laser pulses
Author :
Dianov, E.M. ; Ivanov, Luben M. ; Mamyshev, Pavel V. ; Prokhorov, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Gen. Phys. Inst., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, USSR
fDate :
4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Limitations caused by stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) for laser pulse compression in traditional fiber-grating compressors are discussed. It is shown that the scheme utilizing fibers of length L exceeding the length of the dispersion walk off L/sub walk/ /sub off/ of pump pulses and SRS permits one to obtain high-contrast compressed pulses, their energy being no more than a few nJ, and the ultimate width being proportional to the square root of the initial pulse width. For the compression utilizing fibers of length L>
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical fibres; optical modulation; stimulated Raman scattering; dispersion walk off; fiber-grating compressors; high-energy laser pulse compression; low-intensity wide pedestal; nonlinear birefringence; polarization technique; pulse width; spectral windowing technique; stimulated Raman scattering; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Neodymium; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Scanning probe microscopy; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
