Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and device for controlling the amplitude of the wavelength spectrum of ultra-short light pulses emitted by multipass laser amplifiers. According to the invention, a programmable acousto-optic device (8) is introduced into a laser cavity of a multipass amplifier (10), in order to modify slightly the amplitude of the spectrum of the light pulse with each passage, owing to a collinear or quasi-collinear interaction between the light pulse and a sound beam, the result from the filtering being used on the non-diffracted direct light beam from the acousto-optic interaction.
Abstract:
The method involves filtering wavelength spectrum amplitude of light pulse at a set of passages using a programmable acoustic-optical device (8). The device (8) filters amplitude based on collinear or quasi-collinear interaction between the light pulse and an acoustic beam. The result of the filtering is worked on a non diffracted direct light beam of acoustic-optical interaction. An independent claim is also included for a device for implementing a wavelength spectrum amplitude controlling method.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a device comprising a birefringent elasto-optic medium (1) equipped with a transducer (5) generating in the medium (1) a modulated acoustic wave along a specific direction, and means for coupling in the medium (1) an input optical wave with unknown polarisation, and a programming circuit for (amplitude-phase-frequency) modulation of the acoustic wave. Said device supplies a direct wave and two perpendicular diffracted waves of H, V polarisation each bearing a modulation based on the input optical wave modulation and the acoustic wave modulation.