Multi-mJ pulse compression in hollow fibers using circular polarization

A. Malvache; X. Chen; C. G. Durfee; A. Jullien; R. Lopez-Martens

doi:10.1007/s00340-011-4663-4

Multi-mJ pulse compression in hollow fibers using circular polarization

A. Malvache
, X. Chen
, C. G. Durfee
, A. Jullien
, R. Lopez-Martens

Laboratory d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS-École Polytechnique
Colorado School of Mines

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Abstract

We develop a numerical model to explore the polarization-dependent compression of multi-mJ laser pulses in a gas-filled hollow fiber. We show how losses and instabilities due to cycling of pulse energy between fiber modes can be efficiently minimized using circularly polarized light and adjusting simple experimental parameters such as pulse energy, chirp and gas pressure. This should help scale the peak power of few-cycle pulses available for high-field experiments using standard hollow fiber compressors. We also discuss the limits of this approach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-9
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	104
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4663-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2011

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