ASE contrast improvement with a non-linear filtering Sagnac interferometer
| Autor: | Jean-Paul Chambaret, Thierry Auguste, Amandine Renault, Pascal D'Oliveira, Thomas A. Planchon, Frédérika Augé-Rochereau, Gilles Chériaux |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire d'optique appliquée (LOA), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Amplitude Technologies, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Amplified spontaneous emission
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| Zdroj: | Optics Communications Optics Communications, Elsevier, 2005, 248 (4-6), pp.535-541. ⟨10.1016/j.optcom.2004.12.038⟩ Optics Communications, 2005, 248 (4-6), pp.535-541. ⟨10.1016/j.optcom.2004.12.038⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0030-4018 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.12.038 |
| Popis: | International audience; A new method to improve the temporal contrast of an ultra-short laser pulse has been developed. This technique uses a Sagnac interferometer in combination with a non-linear medium. A phase shift induced in the ultra-short pulse by non-linear effect separates it from the amplified spontaneous emission background. Experiments with a 1 kHz, 55 fs, 1 mJ Ti:Sa laser were performed. The temporal contrast measurements have shown a contrast improvement of four orders of magnitude. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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