Analysis of Limitations in Divided-Pulse Nonlinear Compression and Amplification

Author

Guichard, Florent ; Hanna, Marc ; Zaouter, Yoann ; Papadopoulos, Dimitrios N. ; Druon, Frederic ; Georges, Patrick

Author_Institution

Lab. Charles Fabry de l´Inst. d´Opt., Univ. Paris Sud, Palaiseau, France

Volume

20

Issue

5

fYear

2014

fDate

Sept.-Oct. 2014

Firstpage

619

Lastpage

623

Abstract

We analyze quantitatively physical effects that limit the coherent combining efficiency in highly nonlinear divided-pulse fiber-based setups such as parabolic amplifiers or nonlinear temporal compression experiment. The impact of differential dispersion and non-equal replicas power is assessed using numerical simulations and compared with experimental demonstrations. We also point out optimization strategies to minimize the impact of these effects on the performance of ultrafast fiber sources.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; numerical analysis; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; coherent combining efficiency; differential dispersion; divided-pulse nonlinear amplification; divided-pulse nonlinear compression; highly nonlinear divided-pulse fiber-based setup; nonequal replica power; nonlinear temporal compression; numerical simulations; optimization strategy; parabolic amplifiers; ultrafast fiber sources; Crystals; Fiber lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Ultrafast optics; Coherent combining; fiber lasers; fiber nonlinear optics; ultrafast lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2313920

Filename

6778780