Experimental evidence of short light pulse amplification using strong-coupling stimulated brillouin scattering in the pump depletion regime

L. Lancia; J. R. Marquès; M. Nakatsutsumi; C. Riconda; S. Weber; S. Hüller; A. Mančić; P. Antici; V. T. Tikhonchuk; A. Héron; P. Audebert; J. Fuchs

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.025001

Experimental evidence of short light pulse amplification using strong-coupling stimulated brillouin scattering in the pump depletion regime

L. Lancia
, J. R. Marquès
, M. Nakatsutsumi
, C. Riconda
, S. Weber
, S. Hüller
, A. Mančić
, P. Antici
, V. T. Tikhonchuk
, A. Héron
, P. Audebert
, J. Fuchs

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Abstract

The energy transfer from a long (3.5ps) pump pulse to a short (400fs) seed pulse due to stimulated Brillouin backscattering in the strong-coupling regime is investigated. The two pulses, both at the same wavelength of 1.057μm are quasicounterpropagating in a preformed underdense plasma. Relative amplification factors for the seed pulse of up to 32 are obtained. The maximum obtained amplified energy is 60mJ. Simulations are in agreement with the experimental results and suggest paths for further improvement of the amplification scheme.

Original language	English
Article number	025001
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	104
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.025001
Publication status	Published - 11 Jan 2010

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Lancia, L., Marquès, J. R., Nakatsutsumi, M., Riconda, C., Weber, S., Hüller, S., Mančić, A., Antici, P., Tikhonchuk, V. T., Héron, A., Audebert, P., & Fuchs, J. (2010). Experimental evidence of short light pulse amplification using strong-coupling stimulated brillouin scattering in the pump depletion regime. Physical Review Letters, 104(2), Article 025001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.025001

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Experimental evidence of short light pulse amplification using strong-coupling stimulated brillouin scattering in the pump depletion regime

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