High average power hollow core fiber pulse compression

To be able to see an object in action, one requires to ‘’see’’ faster than the object itself. Photographing a F1 car going full speed requires a really fast camera shutter, for example. For electrons in molecules and state-of-the-art material, this mean having access to laser flashes lasting a few millionth of a billionth of a second. As far-fetched as that sound, facilities worldwide can easily provide flashes 10 to 5 times that duration rather easily. Although these laser ‘’pulses’’ are short, they are still too long to properly ‘’see’’ the dynamics of electrons (the difference between a blurry F1 image vs a crisp image of the race car). We aim to provide these facilities with a way of compressing their pulses to these shorter durations, while keeping the high energy and power they need for the highly demanding technological applications they face on a daily basis.

Faculty Supervisor:

François Légaré

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Partner:

Few-cycle

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Other; Technology; Nanotechnology

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

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