High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 35, Issue 5, 052001(2023)

Influence of amplitude modulator on time-frequency characteristics of broadband low coherence light

Ju Wang1,2, Daxing Rao2、*, Ruijing He2, Yanqi Gao2, Yong Cui2, Xiaohui Zhao2, Haitao Shi2, Zhan Sui2, and Changqing Huang1
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  • 1College of Optics and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • 2Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, CAEP, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Low-coherent light pulses with precise time-shaping capability have the potential to suppress the instability of laser-plasma interactions in laser inertial confinement fusion, but related research is currently lacking. In this paper, the law of the influence of the amplitude modulator on the time-frequency characteristics of broadband low-coherent light was studied, and the intensity of the light pulse was modulated by changing the RF coefficient and bias voltage of the Mach-Zehnder interferometric amplitude modulator. The time domain waveform distribution, spectrum and complex coherence modulus curve of the modulated light pulse were analyzed. The research shows that the RF coefficient has no obvious modulation on the spectral composition and temporal coherence of the light pulse, and the RF coefficient has an optimal working range, which makes the waveform fidelity of the output light pulse the best. When the bias voltage is at half-wave voltage, the time domain waveform fidelity of the optical pulse is the best, and the temporal coherence is the lowest, but the spectral components are missing. The arm length difference of the modulator is calculated from the measured spectrum, and the influence of the arm length difference and bias voltage on the frequency domain characteristics of the broadband low-coherent light is simulated theoretically, the results are in good agreement with the experimental results. As the actual electro-optic overlap integration factor changes with the voltage, there is an error between the simulation and the actual measurement results. However, the laws obtained from the research will provide a more clear direction for low coherent pulse precision shaping system development.

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    Ju Wang, Daxing Rao, Ruijing He, Yanqi Gao, Yong Cui, Xiaohui Zhao, Haitao Shi, Zhan Sui, Changqing Huang. Influence of amplitude modulator on time-frequency characteristics of broadband low coherence light[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35(5): 052001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Inertial Confinement Fusion Physics and Technology

    Received: May. 13, 2022

    Accepted: Jan. 10, 2023

    Published Online: May. 6, 2023

    The Author Email: Rao Daxing (rdx5202008@163.com)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202335.220153

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