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Spectral pulse synthesis in large-scale ultrafast coherent combining systems

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We propose the use of coherent spectral synthesis to reach shorter pulse durations in the context of massively parallel femtosecond coherent combining laser systems. A preliminary experiment that performs spectral synthesis with two femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers is presented, and shows that a significant decrease of the amplified pulse duration compared to single-band amplification is achieved. We also discuss possible implementation of spectral synthesis in a large-scale coherent combining setup.

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  1. Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, 2 Av. Augustin Fresnel, 91127, Palaiseau Cedex, France

    F. Guichard, M. Hanna, F. Druon & P. Georges

  2. Amplitude Systèmes, 11 avenue de Canteranne, Cité de la Photonique, 33600, Pessac, France

    F. Guichard, Y. Zaouter, C. Hönninger, F. Morin & E. Mottay

  3. Département d’Optique Théoriques et Appliquée, Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761, Palaiseau, France

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Guichard, F., Hanna, M., Lombard, L. et al. Spectral pulse synthesis in large-scale ultrafast coherent combining systems. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 224, 2545–2549 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2015-02563-y

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