Compensation of SPM-induced pulse distortions in chirped-pulse amplification systems

Author

Kane, S. ; Braun, A. ; Norris, T.

Author_Institution

Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

128

Lastpage

129

Abstract

Summary form only given. Here we show that self phase modulated (SPM)-induced wings can be completely removed. Though SPM-induced distortions are usually considered uncompressible, we show that SPM of a strongly chirped pulse is a linear operation in the frequency domain and, therefore, can be corrected by an opposite linear operation. SPM-induced wings can be greatly reduced with small adjustments to the grating compressor, and can be eliminated with a Fourier-plane pulse shaper.

Keywords

chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical modulation; optical pulse compression; phase modulation; Fourier-plane pulse shaper; SPM-induced distortions; SPM-induced pulse distortions; SPM-induced wings; chirped-pulse amplification systems; frequency domain; grating compressor; linear operation; self phase modulated; strongly chirped pulse; Chirp; Gratings; Interference; Optical distortion; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864455