• Matter and Radiation at Extremes
  • Vol. 8, Issue 2, 025902 (2023)
Mengqiu Fan1,2, Shengtao Lin3, Ke Yao1, Yifei Qi3..., Jiaojiao Zhang3, Junwen Zheng1, Pan Wang3, Longqun Ni3, Xingyu Bao3, Dandan Zhou1, Bo Zhang1, Kaibo Xiao1, Handing Xia1, Rui Zhang1, Ping Li1, Wanguo Zheng1 and Zinan Wang3,a)|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Laser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
  • 2Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100193, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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    DOI: 10.1063/5.0129434 Cite this Article
    Mengqiu Fan, Shengtao Lin, Ke Yao, Yifei Qi, Jiaojiao Zhang, Junwen Zheng, Pan Wang, Longqun Ni, Xingyu Bao, Dandan Zhou, Bo Zhang, Kaibo Xiao, Handing Xia, Rui Zhang, Ping Li, Wanguo Zheng, Zinan Wang. Spectrum-tailored random fiber laser towards ICF laser facility[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(2): 025902 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Broadband low-coherence light is considered to be an effective way to suppress laser plasma instability. Recent studies have demonstrated the ability of low-coherence laser facilities to reduce back-scattering during beam–target coupling. However, to ensure simultaneous low coherence and high energy, complex spectral modulation methods and amplification routes have to be adopted. In this work, we propose the use of a random fiber laser (RFL) as the seed source. The spectral features of this RFL can be carefully tailored to provide a good match with the gain characteristics of the laser amplification medium, thus enabling efficient amplification while maintaining low coherence. First, a theoretical model is constructed to give a comprehensive description of the output characteristics of the spectrum-tailored RFL, after which the designed RFL is experimentally realized as a seed source. Through precise pulse shaping and efficient regenerative amplification, a shaped random laser pulse output of 28 mJ is obtained, which is the first random laser system with megawatt-class peak power that is able to achieve low coherence and efficient spectrum-conformal regenerative amplification.
    A+z+iβ222A+t2+α2A+=iγ|A+|2+2|A|2A++g|A+|2+|A|2A+,

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    Az+iβ222At2+α2A=iγ|A|2+2|A+|2A+g|A+|2+|A|2A.

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    g(Ps+,Ps)=αsμPp(z)Psat(p)+αsP+(z)+P(z)Psat(s)1+P+(z)+P(z)Psat(s)+Pp(z)Psat(p),

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    us±z+iβ2s22us±t2+αs2us±=ε(ω)2us.

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    Mengqiu Fan, Shengtao Lin, Ke Yao, Yifei Qi, Jiaojiao Zhang, Junwen Zheng, Pan Wang, Longqun Ni, Xingyu Bao, Dandan Zhou, Bo Zhang, Kaibo Xiao, Handing Xia, Rui Zhang, Ping Li, Wanguo Zheng, Zinan Wang. Spectrum-tailored random fiber laser towards ICF laser facility[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(2): 025902
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