Generation of 0.6 J pulses of 16 fs duration through high-repetition rate amplification of self phase modulated pulses

Gilbert Boyer (1) , Michel Franco (1) , Jean-Paul Chambaret (1) , Arnold Migus (1) , André Antonetti (1) , Patrick Georges (2) , François Salin (2) , Alain Brun (2)

1 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa

We have generated optical pulses of 16fs duration in the submicrojoule range and at a repetition rate of 11 kHz. This was obtained by amplifying self-phase modulated pulses at the output of a fiber, using a couple of dyes to achieve gain covering a large spectrum around 620 nm

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Gilbert Boyer, Michel Franco, Jean-Paul Chambaret, Arnold Migus, André Antonetti, et al.. Generation of 0.6 J pulses of 16 fs duration through high-repetition rate amplification of self phase modulated pulses. Applied Physics Letters, 1988, 53 (10), pp.823. ⟨10.1063/1.100130⟩. ⟨hal-00701667⟩