Impact of self-phase modulation on coherently combined fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers
Optics Letters, Vol. 35, Issue 8, pp. 1293-1295 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.001293
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Abstract
The impact of self-phase modulation on coherently combined ultrafast fiber-based chirped-pulse amplifiers (CPA) is studied. We point out that, in nonlinear CPA regime, the nonlinear phase accumulated in each fiber amplifier can significantly differ from one to another, resulting in serious efficiency degradation of coherent combining. A test bench based on picosecond pulses, and a single fiber amplifier is developed to experimentally demonstrate the effect. The effects that can lead to this nonlinear phase deviation and the induced system limitations are discussed and analyzed.
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OCIS Codes
(060.2320) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators
(140.3510) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, fiber
ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics
History
Original Manuscript: January 26, 2010
Revised Manuscript: March 11, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: March 12, 2010
Published: April 15, 2010
Citation
Shifeng Jiang, Marc Hanna, Frédéric Druon, and Patrick Georges, "Impact of self-phase modulation on coherently combined fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers," Opt. Lett. 35, 1293-1295 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-8-1293
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