title: Spatially dispersive amplification in a 12-core fiber and femtosecond pulse synthesis by coherent spectral combining.
abstract: A compact scheme is demonstrated for amplification and synthesis of ultrashort pulses by fiber amplifiers. Femtosecond pulses are split in 12 different spectral bands which are amplified separately in the 12 cores of a multicore ytterbium doped fiber. Combining the amplifier outputs together with the intensity and phase management of the spectral bands lead to short pulse synthesis with adjustable pulse shape. The scheme gave an x 92 enhancement in amplified power before the onset of nonlinear effects by comparison with standard stretcher free amplification in a single core fiber.
authors.affiliation: XLIM Institut de Recherche, UMR 7252, Université de Limoges CNRS, Limoges, France.
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rigaud
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kermene
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bouwmans
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bigot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desfarges-Berthelemot
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Labat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Rouge
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mansuryan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barthélémy