Fiber-based front ends for extreme light applications

0501909 - FZÚ 2019 RIV US eng C - Konferenční příspěvek (zahraniční konf.)
Green, Jonathan T. - Naylon, Jack A. - Indra, Lukáš - Batysta, František - Horáček, Martin - Tykalewicz, Boguslav - Antipenkov, Roman - Novák, Jakub - Hubka, Zbyněk - Boge, Robert - Bakule, Pavel - Rus, Bedřich
Fiber-based front ends for extreme light applications.
Fiber Lasers and Glass Photonics: Materials through Applications. Bellingham: SPIE, 2018 - (Taccheo, S.; Mackenzie, J.; Ferrari, M.), Roč. 10683 (2018), s. 1-7, č. článku 1068312. Proceedings of SPIE, 10683. ISBN 978-151061892-3. ISSN 0277-786X.
[Fiber Lasers and Glass Photonics: Materials through Applications 2018. Strasbourg (FR), 22.04.2019-26.04.2019]
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT EF16_019/0000789; GA MŠMT LQ1606; GA MŠMT LM2017094
Grant ostatní: OP VVV - ADONIS(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000789
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378271
Klíčová slova: fiber lasers * high energy lasers * pulse shaping * pulse synchronization * chirped pulse amplification
Obor OECD: Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)

For most extreme light applications, a reliable and stable driver laser is crucial to successful experiments. As lasers grow in energy and peak power they become increasingly complex and more failure modes are introduced to the system as a whole. For this reason it is prudent to develop a laser with simplicity, repeatability, and durability in mind. With the wide commercial availability of high quality, inexpensive fiber components, much of the required pulse conditioning for seeding high energy laser systems can take place entirely in fiber. This allows for much of the laser front end to be compact, alignment-free, and computer controlled with potentially dramatic savings in cost and space on the optical table. Here we explore some of the current trends in fiberbased front ends for high peak power laser systems.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0293886