Influence of the cubic spectral phase of high-power laser pulses on their self-phase modulation. (1st March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ginzburg, V N; Kochetkov, A A; Yakovlev, I V; Mironov, S Yu; Shaykin, A A; Khazanov, E A
• Is Part Of: Quantum electronics. Volume 46:Number 2(2016)
• Page Start: 106
• Page End: 108
• Publication Date: 2016-03-01
• Subjects: Quantum electronics -- Periodicals; 537.5
• DOI: 10.1070/QEL15936
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1063-7818

Abstract

Abstract: Spectral broadening of high-power transform-limited laser pulses under self-phase modulation in a medium with cubic nonlinearity is widely used to reduce pulse duration and to increase its power. It is shown that the cubic spectral phase of the initial pulse leads to a qualitatively different broadening of its spectrum: the spectrum has narrow peaks and broadening decreases. However, the use of chirped mirrors allows such pulses to be as effectively compressed as transform-limited pulses.