• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 9, Issue 4, 477 (2021)
Junyu Qian1、2、†, Pengfei Wang1、2、†, Yujie Peng1、*, Yanyan Li1, Beijie Shao1、2, Hongpeng Su1、2, Xinlin Lv1、2, Ding Wang1, Yuxin Leng1、3, and Ruxin Li1、4
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3e-mail: lengyuxin@mail.siom.ac.cn
  • 4e-mail: ruxinli@mail.shcnc.ac.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.415794 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Junyu Qian, Pengfei Wang, Yujie Peng, Yanyan Li, Beijie Shao, Hongpeng Su, Xinlin Lv, Ding Wang, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li. Pulse combination and compression in hollow-core fiber for few-cycle intense mid-infrared laser generation[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(4): 477 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The generation of high-peak-power, few-cycle mid-infrared (MIR) pulses using coherent beam combination and nonlinear pulse compression techniques simultaneously is demonstrated. The two pulses, with identical pulse energy of 2.8 mJ and pulse duration of 160 fs, are coherently combined at the input end of a krypton-filled hollow-core fiber (HCF), and then the bandwidth of the combined pulse is broadened to near an optical octave due to strong phase modulations, and the temporal width is compressed into a few-cycle regime. Finally, a 2.7 mJ, 22.9 fs, 20 Hz laser at 4 μm can be obtained, and the pulse peak power is greatly enhanced compared with that of conventional single-channel optical parametric chirped pulse-amplification systems. Furthermore, the peak power generated from this system has the prospect of further scaling up through use of more channels of coherent combination, which can pave a way to generate higher peak power ultra-intense MIR pulses for strong-field physics.
    B=k00Ln2I(z)dz2πλ0n20LI0exp(αz)dz,

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    B2πλ0n2I0[1exp(αz)]α,

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    Φout=(1+Φin2)(2B+Φin)1+(2B+Φin)22B1+4B2,

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    F=ΔωoutΔωin=1+433B2.

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    τFTL=τ0F.

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    η=IΣI1+I2+2I1I2,

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    Junyu Qian, Pengfei Wang, Yujie Peng, Yanyan Li, Beijie Shao, Hongpeng Su, Xinlin Lv, Ding Wang, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li. Pulse combination and compression in hollow-core fiber for few-cycle intense mid-infrared laser generation[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(4): 477
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