Suppression of Kerr-Induced Satellites in Multi-Pulse CPA
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| author | Stummer, Vinzenz Kaksis, Edgar Pugžlys, Audrius Baltuška, Andrius |
| author_facet | Stummer, Vinzenz Kaksis, Edgar Pugžlys, Audrius Baltuška, Andrius |
| contents | Amplification of bursts of ultrashort pulses is very challenging when the intraburst repetition frequency reaches the THz range, corresponding to (sub)-ps intervals between consecutive pulses. Periodic interference significantly modifies conditions for chirped pulse amplification (CPA) which gives rise to temporal and spectral distortions during CPA due to the optical Kerr nonlinearity. Multi-pulse chirped amplification to mJ energies may lead to a pronounced degradation of burst fidelity and the appearance of periodic temporal satellites after de-chirping the amplified waveform. We study, experimentally and numerically, the limitations of THz burst-mode CPA caused by self- and cross-phase modulation. A number of practical recipes to suppress nonlinear distortions and improve energy scaling by optimizing burst parameters and applying modulation techniques are presented. |
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| spellingShingle | Suppression of Kerr-Induced Satellites in Multi-Pulse CPA Stummer, Vinzenz Kaksis, Edgar Pugžlys, Audrius Baltuška, Andrius Optics Amplification of bursts of ultrashort pulses is very challenging when the intraburst repetition frequency reaches the THz range, corresponding to (sub)-ps intervals between consecutive pulses. Periodic interference significantly modifies conditions for chirped pulse amplification (CPA) which gives rise to temporal and spectral distortions during CPA due to the optical Kerr nonlinearity. Multi-pulse chirped amplification to mJ energies may lead to a pronounced degradation of burst fidelity and the appearance of periodic temporal satellites after de-chirping the amplified waveform. We study, experimentally and numerically, the limitations of THz burst-mode CPA caused by self- and cross-phase modulation. A number of practical recipes to suppress nonlinear distortions and improve energy scaling by optimizing burst parameters and applying modulation techniques are presented. |
| title | Suppression of Kerr-Induced Satellites in Multi-Pulse CPA |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02965 |