Active spectral phase control by use of an acousto-optic programmable filter in high-repetition-rate sub-80 fs nonlinear fiber amplifiers

Opt Lett. 2008 Jul 1;33(13):1431-3. doi: 10.1364/ol.33.001431.

Abstract

We report the generation of sub-80 fs pulses with energy in the 100 nJ range at 1050 nm and a repetition rate up to 164 kHz based on a nonlinear fiber amplification system combined with an active control of the spectral phase. This control is performed by an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter operated at a multiple of its acoustic repetition rate. This result opens up its possible use in highly nonlinear fiber chirped-pulse amplification setups.