Towards direct nonlinear compression of energetic sub-nanosecond pulses to the ultrafast regime
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| author | Beaufort, Gaspard Jimenez, Nayla Arisholm, Gunnar Hariton, Victor Tajalli, Ayhan Hartl, Ingmar Viotti, Anne-Lise Seidel, Marcus |
| author_facet | Beaufort, Gaspard Jimenez, Nayla Arisholm, Gunnar Hariton, Victor Tajalli, Ayhan Hartl, Ingmar Viotti, Anne-Lise Seidel, Marcus |
| contents | Applications of terawatt-class lasers can enormously benefit from pulse trains with kHz repetition rates. The associated unprecedented combinations of peak and average powers require the development of new concepts for scalable ultrashort pulse generation. We propose using multi-mirror multi-pass cells as a compact and cost-efficient solution for the direct post-compression of sub-nanosecond pulses into the femtosecond regime. We simulate spectral broadening of 100-mJ, 300-ps pulses to a sub-ps Fourier transform-limit in a 1-m diameter multi-pass cell. Furthermore, an 11-mirror cell for about 300 passes was set-up for proof-of-concept. To reach a spectral broadening factor of 15 in air, only 260 MW of peak power were required. The proposed scheme can efficiently transform industrially mature high-power, high-energy lasers into unique ultrafast sources. |
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| spellingShingle | Towards direct nonlinear compression of energetic sub-nanosecond pulses to the ultrafast regime Beaufort, Gaspard Jimenez, Nayla Arisholm, Gunnar Hariton, Victor Tajalli, Ayhan Hartl, Ingmar Viotti, Anne-Lise Seidel, Marcus Optics Applications of terawatt-class lasers can enormously benefit from pulse trains with kHz repetition rates. The associated unprecedented combinations of peak and average powers require the development of new concepts for scalable ultrashort pulse generation. We propose using multi-mirror multi-pass cells as a compact and cost-efficient solution for the direct post-compression of sub-nanosecond pulses into the femtosecond regime. We simulate spectral broadening of 100-mJ, 300-ps pulses to a sub-ps Fourier transform-limit in a 1-m diameter multi-pass cell. Furthermore, an 11-mirror cell for about 300 passes was set-up for proof-of-concept. To reach a spectral broadening factor of 15 in air, only 260 MW of peak power were required. The proposed scheme can efficiently transform industrially mature high-power, high-energy lasers into unique ultrafast sources. |
| title | Towards direct nonlinear compression of energetic sub-nanosecond pulses to the ultrafast regime |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20883 |