Parametric gain shaping from a structured pump pulse

Damien Bigourd (1) , Philippe Morin (2) , Jérôme Dubertrand (2) , Coralie Fourcade-Dutin (1) , Hervé Maillotte (1) , Yves Quiquempois (3) , Géraud Bouwmans (3) , Emmanuel Hugonnot (2)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
2 CEA-CESTA - Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
3 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523

We investigate optical parametric amplification in a fiber pumped by a shaped pulse. The temporal structure of the pump impacts directly the instantaneous spectral gain and its temporal measurement is achieved in the spectral domain thanks to a chirped signal with a broad spectrum.

Mots clés: Four wave mixing; Parametric amplifier; fiber optics

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Damien Bigourd, Philippe Morin, Jérôme Dubertrand, Coralie Fourcade-Dutin, Hervé Maillotte, et al.. Parametric gain shaping from a structured pump pulse. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2019, 31 (3), pp.214-217. ⟨10.1109/LPT.2018.2888731⟩. ⟨hal-03149656⟩