Ultrafast high power fiber laser systems

Jens Limpert; Fabian Röser; Thomas Schreiber; Inka Manek-Hönninger; Francois Salin; Andreas Tünnermann

doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2006.01.016

Ultrafast high power fiber laser systems
[Les systèmes laser à fibre à impulsions ultra-brèves et de forte puissance]

Jens Limpert ^1,² ; Fabian Röser ¹ ; Thomas Schreiber ¹ ; Inka Manek-Hönninger ² ; Francois Salin ² ; Andreas Tünnermann ¹

¹ Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Applied Physics, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 07745 Jena, Germany
² Celia-Pala, Université Bordeaux 1, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France

Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 7 (2006) no. 2, pp. 187-197.

Résumé
Abstract

Les systèmes de lasers à fibre offrent des propriétés uniques pour l'amplification d'impulsions ultra-brèves. Deux approches sont discutées, l'amplification d'impulsions paraboliques « chirpées » linéairement et une configuration CPA (chirped pulse amplification). En utilisant la première méthode, nous avons obtenu des impulsions paraboliques « chirpées » avec un taux de répétition de 75 MHz, une puissance moyenne de 17 W dans une fibre à large surface de mode et une qualité de faisceau en limite de diffraction. La recompression de ces impulsions, obtenues avec une efficacité de 60%, a produit des impulsions de 80 fs avec une puissance crête de 1,7 MW. Nous présentons, dans un deuxième temps, les résultats obtenus avec une architecture CPA utilisant une fibre double gaine dopée ytterbium qui délivre des impulsions de 220 fs à 1040 nm avec un taux de répétition de 73 MHz. La puissance moyenne atteint 131 W correspondant à une puissance crête de 8 MW. L'élément critique est constitué par un compresseur à réseau de diffraction. Il est composé de réseaux en silice fondue très efficaces en transmission pour la recompression des impulsions à ce niveau élevé de puissance.

Fiber laser systems offer unique properties for the amplification of ultrashort pulses to high powers. Two approaches are discussed, the amplification of linearly chirped parabolic pulses and a fiber based chirped pulse amplification system. Using the first method, we succeeded to generate 17-W average power of linearly chirped parabolic pulses at 75 MHz repetition rate and diffraction-limited beam quality in a large-mode-area ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier. The recompression of these pulses with an efficiency of 60% resulted in 80-fs pulses with a peak power of 1.7 MW. Furthermore, we report on a diode-pumped ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber based chirped pulse amplification system delivering 220-fs pulses, at 1040 nm wavelength, 73 MHz repetition rate and up to 131 W average power, corresponding to a peak power of 8 MW. Key element is a diffraction grating compressor consisting of highly efficient transmission gratings in fused silica allowing the recompression at this high power.

Publié le : 2006-03-01

DOI : 10.1016/j.crhy.2006.01.016

Keywords: Fiber lasers and amplifiers, Ytterbium, Ultra-short laser pulses, Nonlinear fiber optics
Mot clés : Amplificateurs et lasers à fibre, Ytterbium, Impulsions ultra-brèves, Effets non-linéaires optiques

Affiliations des auteurs :

Jens Limpert ^{1, 2} ; Fabian Röser ¹ ; Thomas Schreiber ¹ ; Inka Manek-Hönninger ² ; Francois Salin ² ; Andreas Tünnermann ¹

¹ Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Applied Physics, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 07745 Jena, Germany
² Celia-Pala, Université Bordeaux 1, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France

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Jens Limpert; Fabian Röser; Thomas Schreiber; Inka Manek-Hönninger; Francois Salin; Andreas Tünnermann. Ultrafast high power fiber laser systems. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 7 (2006) no. 2, pp. 187-197. doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2006.01.016. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/j.crhy.2006.01.016/

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