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Decrease of pulse-contrast in nonlinear chirped-pulse amplification systems due to high-frequency spectral phase ripplesDamian Schimpf
Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Albert Einstein Str 15, D 07745 Jena, Germany
Opt Express 16:8876-86. 2008..The analytical results presented in this paper are of particular importance for high peak-power laser applications requiring high pulse-contrasts, e.g. high field physics...
The impact of spectral modulations on the contrast of pulses of nonlinear chirped-pulse amplification systemsDamian N Schimpf
Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Albert Einstein Str 15, D 07745 Jena, Germany
Opt Express 16:10664-74. 2008..In particular, nonlinear fiber CPA-systems operated at B-integrals far beyond pi have to be revised in this context...
Self-phase modulation compensated by positive dispersion in chirped-pulse systemsDamian N Schimpf
Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
Opt Express 17:4997-5007. 2009..The technique is shown with a fiber-based system employing conventional diffraction gratings as well in a system that is based on chirped volume Bragg-gratings. Practical requirements on the stretching unit are discussed...
Control of the optical Kerr effect in chirped-pulse-amplification systems using model-based phase shapingD N Schimpf
Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Albert Einstein Strasse 15, D 07745 Jena, Germany
Opt Lett 34:3788-90. 2009..Nearly transform-limited pulses with energies as high as 1 mJ are produced, and a B integral being as high as 8 rad is accumulated in the main amplifier. The value of the B integral is determined by the method itself...
Circular versus linear polarization in laser-amplifiers with Kerr-nonlinearityDamian N Schimpf
Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Albert Einstein Str 15, D 07745 Jena, Germany
Opt Express 17:18774-81. 2009..In laser-amplifiers circularly polarized light reduces the detrimental impact of the Kerr-nonlinearity, and thus, increases the peak-power and the self-focussing threshold...
