Nonlinear pulse compression of a thin-disk amplifier and contrast enhancement via nonlinear ellipse rotation

Pfaff Y, Forster C, Barbiero G, Rampp M, Klingebiel S, Brons J, Teisset CY, Wang H, Jung R, Jaksic J, Woldegeorgis AH, Saraceno CJ, Metzger T (2022)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Optics Express Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 30

Pages Range: 10981-10990

Journal Issue: 7

DOI: 10.1364/OE.455393

Abstract

We demonstrate pulse compressibility from 840 fs to 38 fs of 10 mJ pulses from a thin-disk amplifier at a repetition rate of 3 kHz after nonlinear broadening in a multipass cell. In addition, the temporal-intensity contrast is enhanced via nonlinear ellipse rotation of more than a factor 50 with an optical efficiency of 56%. We believe this is the first published experimental combination of multipass cell-based nonlinear compression and nonlinear ellipse rotation-based contrast enhancement preserving both pulse compressibility and beam quality.

Authors with CRIS profile

Carola Forster Lehrstuhl für Photonische Technologien (LPT)

Involved external institutions

TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH DE Germany (DE) Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Pfaff, Y., Forster, C., Barbiero, G., Rampp, M., Klingebiel, S., Brons, J.,... Metzger, T. (2022). Nonlinear pulse compression of a thin-disk amplifier and contrast enhancement via nonlinear ellipse rotation. Optics Express, 30(7), 10981-10990. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.455393

MLA:

Pfaff, Yanik, et al. "Nonlinear pulse compression of a thin-disk amplifier and contrast enhancement via nonlinear ellipse rotation." Optics Express 30.7 (2022): 10981-10990.

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