Beam cleaning of an incoherent laser via plasma Raman amplification

Edwards, Matthew R.; Qu, Kenan; Mikhailova, Julia M.; Fisch, Nathaniel J.

doi:10.1063/1.4997246

Title: Beam cleaning of an incoherent laser via plasma Raman amplification

Journal Article · Mon Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4997246· OSTI ID:1395338

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Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences

We show that backward Raman amplification in plasma can efficiently compress a temporally incoherent pump laser into an intense coherent amplified seed pulse, provided that the correlation time of the pump is longer than the inverse plasma frequency. One analytical theory for Raman amplification using pump beams with different correlation functions is developed and compared to numerical calculations and particle-in-cell simulations. Since incoherence on scales shorter than the instability growth time suppresses spontaneous noise amplification, we point out a broad regime where quasi-coherent sources may be used as efficient low-noise Raman amplification pumps. As the amplified seed is coherent, Raman amplification provides an additional a beam-cleaning mechanism for removing incoherence. At near-infrared wavelengths, finite coherence times as short as 50 fs allow amplification with only minor losses in efficiency.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: 1506372; FA9550-15-1-0391; NA0002948

OSTI ID:: 1395338

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 24, Issue 10; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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