Open AccessOptimizing sub-ns pulse compression for high energy application
Author(s) -
Xiaoshu Xu,
Chengyong Feng,
JeanClaude Diels
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.22.013904
Subject(s) - brillouin scattering , optics , pulse compression , materials science , nanosecond , joule (programming language) , pulse (music) , pulse shaping , energy (signal processing) , limit (mathematics) , physics , laser , computer science , telecommunications , radar , mathematical analysis , mathematics , quantum mechanics , detector
We demonstrate ∼ 40X pulse compression (down to ∼ 300 ps) with ∼ 1 joule, nanosecond pulses for high energy applications requiring ≥ 1 gigawatt of peak power. Our method is based on the established principle of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS). To push the SBS technique to its highest peak-power limit, a combination of theoretical modeling and experiments is used to identify and optimize all critical parameters, including optical configuration, interaction length, intensity matching, choice of gain medium and thermal stability. Pulse compression results are presented both at 1064 nm and 532 nm, with performances close to the theoretical limit and excellent shot-to-shot reproducibility.