Numerical investigation of gas-filled multipass cells in the enhanced dispersion regime for clean spectral broadening and pulse compression

We show via numerical simulations that the regime of enhanced frequency chirp can be achieved in gas-filled multipass cells. Our results demonstrate that there exists a region of pulse and cell parameters for which a broad and flat spectrum with a smooth parabolic-like phase can be generated. This s...

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Authors: Segundo Staels, Víctor Wilfried; Conejero Jarque, Enrique; Carlson, D.; Hemmer, M.; Kapteyn, Henry C.; Murnane, Margaret M.; San Román Álvarez de Lara, Julio
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repository:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/152850
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/152850
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Hollow core fibers
Laser sources
Laser systems
Numerical simulation
Pulse compression
Ultrashort pulses
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Summary:We show via numerical simulations that the regime of enhanced frequency chirp can be achieved in gas-filled multipass cells. Our results demonstrate that there exists a region of pulse and cell parameters for which a broad and flat spectrum with a smooth parabolic-like phase can be generated. This spectrum is compatible with clean ultrashort pulses, whose secondary structures are always below the 0.5% of its peak intensity such that the energy ratio (the energy contained within the main peak of the pulse) is above 98%. This regime makes multipass cell post-compression one of the most versatile schemes to sculpt a clean intense ultrashort optical pulse.