High-energy sub-phonon lifetime pulse compression by stimulated Brillouin scattering in liquids

Feng, Chengyong; Xu, Xiaozhen; Diels, Jean -Claude

doi:10.1364/OE.25.012421

Title: High-energy sub-phonon lifetime pulse compression by stimulated Brillouin scattering in liquids

Journal Article · Thu May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.012421· OSTI ID:1463706

Feng, Chengyong ^[1]; Xu, Xiaozhen ^[2]; Diels, Jean -Claude ^[2]

Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM); Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM)

Multi-Joule level stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) pulse compression below the acoustic phonon lifetime is demonstrated with a energy-scalable generator-amplifier setup. Single-pass compression of pulses longer than 20τ_B (τ_B as phonon lifetime) to as short as 0.5τ_B with ~100 mJ pulse energy is realized from the generator, by choosing the focusing length to match approximately with the full length at half maximum of the input Gaussian pulses. The interaction length is identified, both experimentally and numerically, as the key parameter in achieving sub-phonon lifetime pulse compression, with its main mechanism being the steepening of the Stokes pulse trailing edge via energy exchange process. After combining the generator with an amplifier that involves only collimated beams and serves as energy booster, the compression of 9 ns, 2 J pulses at 532 nm into 170 ps, 1.3 J per pulse is achieved in water, with very good stability in both pulse energy and duration. Furthermore, this work demonstrates for the first time the efficient high-energy SBS sub-phonon lifetime pulse compression, and paves a way to the reliable generation of sub-200 ps laser pulses with Joule-level energy.

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Research Organization:: Southwest Sciences, Santa Fe, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0011446

OSTI ID:: 1463706

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Vol. 25, Issue 11; ISSN 1094-4087

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Language:: English

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