Generation of high power, sub-picosecond, 10 µm pulses via self-phase modulation followed by compression
Author(s) -
J. J. Pigeon,
Sergei Tochitsky,
C. Joshi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aip conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1551-7616
pISSN - 0094-243X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4965694
Subject(s) - picosecond , self phase modulation , materials science , compression (physics) , modulation (music) , phase (matter) , optics , power (physics) , laser , pulse compression , phase modulation , optoelectronics , nonlinear optics , physics , computer science , telecommunications , phase noise , acoustics , quantum mechanics , composite material , radar
We hereby present an ongoing experiment where high power, sub-picosecond 10 µm laser pulses will be produced at 1 Hz. To achieve this 3 ps pulses of a 2 GW CO2 laser were broadened via self-phase modulation in GaAs and compressed in a dispersive element. Temporal and spectral data are presented which demonstrate the possibility of compression by more than a factor of 3.
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