Energy scaling of a nonlinear compression setup using passive coherent combining

Florent Guichard (1, 2) , Yoann Zaouter (2) , Marc Hanna (1) , Franck Morin (2) , Clemens Hönninger (2) , Eric Mottay (2) , Frédéric Druon (1) , Patrick Georges (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Lasers
2 Amplitude Systèmes

Passive spatial and temporal coherent combining schemes are implemented to scale the output energy of a nonlinear temporal compression setup. By generating 32 replicas of the incident femtosecond pulses, the output of a highenergy fiber chirped-pulse amplifier can be compressed using self-phase modulation in a large-mode-area rod-type fiber at peak-power levels well beyond the self-focusing power. We demonstrate the generation of 71 fs 7.5 μJ pulses at 100 kHz repetition rate, corresponding to a peak power of 86 MW.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Florent Guichard, Yoann Zaouter, Marc Hanna, Franck Morin, Clemens Hönninger, et al.. Energy scaling of a nonlinear compression setup using passive coherent combining. Optics Letters, 2013, 38 (21), pp.4437. ⟨10.1364/OL.38.004437⟩. ⟨hal-00925384⟩