Investigation of active pump-signal synchronization technique for a ps-pulse pumped OPCPA

Li Gang; Guo Yi; Zeng Xiao-Ming; Xie Na; Shao Zhong-Xi; Huang Zheng; Sun Li; Jiang Dong-Bin; Lu Feng; Zhu Bin; Zhou Kai-Nan; Su Jing-Qin

doi:10.7498/aps.71.20211961

Abstract

High-precision synchronization between pump and signal is one of the key issues that should be solved in picosecond short pulse pumped optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (ps-OPCPA). Based on the all-OPCPA laser facility in Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, the high-precision active pump-signal synchronization technique used in its ps-OPCPA frontend is studied in detail in this paper. The synchronization is actively controlled by an amplified narrowband spectrum from the short ps-pulse pumped optical parametric amplification of a large chirped signal. By reasonably designing the time-domain broadening chirped coefficient of the signal in the feedback optical path, relative timing jitter between pump and signal of the ps-OPCPA frontend decreases from ps to one hundred fs, which greatly improves its energy and spectral stability. The root mean square (RMS) value of the relative timing jitter decreases from 458 to 93 fs, which improves the RMS instability of the output energy from 30.3% to 3.15%, and a stable wide spectrum with width greater than 100 nm is obtained in 7-min measurement.

Keywords:

optical parametric chirped pulse amplification /
picosecond pump pulse /
high-precision synchronization

Authors and contacts

1.
Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
2.
School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Insititute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

Corresponding author: Zhou Kai-Nan, zhoukainan@caep.cn ; Su Jing-Qin, sujingqin@caep.cn

Funds: Project supported by the Research Foundation of Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP) (Grant No. ZY2020-07), the Innovation and Development Foundation of China Academy of Engineering Physics (Grant No. CX20200022), and the Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the China Academy of Engineering Physics (NSAF) (Grant No. U1930126)

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图 1 前端 ps-OPCPA系统中泵浦光与信号光高精度同步主动控制原理图. 图中: BS, 分束片; PC, 普克尔盒电光开关; PCF, 光子晶体光纤; CFBG, 啁啾光纤布拉格光栅

Figure 1. Schematic of the active pump-signal synchronization for our frontend ps-OPCPA. BS: beam splitter, PC: Pockels cell, PCF: photonic-crystal fiber, CFBG: Chirped fiber Bragg grating.

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图 2 数值模拟泵浦光与信号光同步时间对信号光　(a)输出光谱以及(b)输出能流的影响

Figure 2. Numerical simulation the influence of pump-signal synchronization on the (a) signal output spectrum and (b) energy fluence.

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图 3 同步主动控制回路不工作时ps-OPCPA输出能量波动情况

Figure 3. Energy fluctuation of the ps-OPCPA when the active pump-signal synchronization is not working.

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图 4 同步主动控制回路不工作时ps-OPCPA输出光谱变化情况

Figure 4. Spectral evolution of the ps-OPCPA when the active pump-signal synchronization is not working.

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图 5 同步主动控制回路不工作时反馈光路参量放大输出光谱变化情况

Figure 5. Spectral evolution of the feedback OPCPA when the active pump-signal synchronization is not working.

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图 6 同步主动控制回路不工作时　(a)主光路ps-OPCPA输出能量与反馈光路峰值波长之间的对应关系; (b)主光路泵浦光与信号光相对同步时间抖动

Figure 6. (a) Relationship between the output energy of the main ps-OPCPA and the peak wavelength of the feedback OPCPA, and (b) relative time jitter between pump and signal when the active pump-signal synchronization is not working.

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图 7 ps-OPCPA泵浦光与信号光同步时间主动控制流程(a)及处理界面(b)

Figure 7. Flow chart (a) and interface (b) of the active pump-signal synchronization for our ps-OPCPA.

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图 8 同步主动控制回路工作时ps-OPCPA的输出能量及泵浦光与信号光之间的相对同步时间抖动

Figure 8. Output energy of the ps-OPCPA and relative time jitter between pump and signal when the active pump-signal synchronization is working.

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图 9 同步主动控制回路工作时ps-OPCPA稳定的光谱输出

Figure 9. Output of stable spectra for the ps-OPCPA when the active pump-signal synchronization is working.

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图 10 信号光输出光束形貌　(a)不加载泵浦情况下; (b)信号光输出能量100 μJ能量下

Figure 10. Signal beam profile: (a) without pump; (b) under 100 μJ output energy.

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[3]	Archipovaite G, Galletti M, Oliveira P, Galimberti M, Frackiewicz A, Musgrave I, Hernandez-Gomez C 2020 Opt. Commun. 474 126072 Google Scholar
[4]	Bromage J, Bahk S-W, Begishev I A, Dorrer C, Guardalben M J, Hoffman B N, Oliver J B, Roides R G, Schiesser E M, Shoup III M J, Spilatro M, Webb B, Weiner D, Zuegel J D 2019 High Power laser Sci. Eng. 7 e43 Google Scholar
[5]	Zeng X M, Zhou K N, Zuo Y L, Zhu Q H, Su J Q, Wang X, Wang X D, Huang X J, Jiang X J, Jiang D B, Guo Y, Xie N, Zhou S, Wu Z H, Mu J, Peng H, Jin F 2017 Opt. Lett. 42 2014 Google Scholar
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[8]	Teisset C Y, Ishii N, Fuji T, Metzger T, Köhler S, Holzwarth R, Baltuška A, Zheltikov A M, Krausz F 2005 Opt. Express 13 6550 Google Scholar
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[13]	Schwarz A, Ueffing M, Deng Y P, Gu X, Fattahi H, Metzger T, Ossiander M, Krausz F, Kienberger R 2012 Opt. Express 20 5557 Google Scholar
[14]	Prinz S, Häfner M, Schultze M, Teisset C Y, Bessing R, Michel K, Kienberger R, T Metzger 2014 Opt. Express 22 31050 Google Scholar
[15]	Batysta F, Antipenkov R, Green J T, Naylon J A, Novák J, Mazanec T, Hříbek P, Zervos C, Bakule P, Rus B 2014 Opt. Express 22 30281 Google Scholar
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