Dr. Jean-Christophe Chanteloup Profile

Dr. Jean-Christophe Chanteloup

at Ecole Polytechnique

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Area of Expertise:

Adaptive optics , Coherent beam combination , Digital laser , DPSSL

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Publications (22)

Proceedings Article | 4 March 2022 Presentation

Far field energy distribution control with a coherent beam combining femtosecond digital laser

Claude-Alban Ranély-Vergé-Dépré, Matthieu Veinhard, Séverine Bellanger, Ihsan Fsaifes, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup

Proceedings Volume PC11981, PC1198109 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2614759

KEYWORDS: Femtosecond phenomena, Laser energy, Stochastic processes, Interferometry, Fiber lasers, Femtosecond fiber lasers, Beam shaping

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation + Paper

61 channels coherent beam combining femtosecond digital laser

Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Séverine Bellanger, Louis Daniault, Ihsan Fsaifes, Matthieu Veinhard, Jérôme Bourderionnet, Christian Larat, Eric Lallier, Arnaud Brignon

Proceedings Volume 11665, 116651H (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576606

KEYWORDS: Femtosecond phenomena, Prototyping, Beam shaping, Structured light, Near field, Composites, Beam controllers

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2020 Paper

Coherent beam combining of 60 femtosecond fiber amplifiers

Ihsan Fsaifes, Louis Daniault, Séverine Bellanger, Matthieu Veinhard, Jérôme Bourderionnet, Christian Larat, Eric Lallier, Eric Durand, Arnaud Brignon, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup

Proceedings Volume 11260, 112600L (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545229

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Femtosecond phenomena, Phase measurement, Interferometry, Fiber lasers, Near field, Amplifiers, Laser systems engineering, Collimation, Microlens array

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2018 Paper

Towards coherent combination of 61 fiber amplifiers

Anke Heilmann, Jérémy Le Dortz, Louis Daniault, Ihsan Fsaifes, Séverine Bellanger, Marie Antier, Jérôme Bourderionnet, Christian Larat, Eric Lallier, Eric Durand, Arnaud Brignon, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup

Proceedings Volume 10512, 105120B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2287862

KEYWORDS: Coherent beam combination, Fiber amplifiers, Amplifiers, Phase measurement, Fiber lasers, Femtosecond phenomena

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Proceedings Article | 14 December 2016 Presentation

XCAN project : coherent beam combining of large number fibers in femtosecond regime (Conference Presentation)

Marie Antier, Jeremy Le Dortz, Jerome Bourderionnet, Christian Larat, Eric Lallier, Louis Daniault, Ihsan Fsaifes, Anke Heilmann, Severine Bellanger, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Arnaud Brignon

Proceedings Volume 9992, 99920B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2240473

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Femtosecond phenomena, Fiber amplifiers, Mode locking, Phase measurement, Phase shifts, Laser development, Beam splitters, Oscillators, Optical amplifiers

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The XCAN project, which is a three years project and began in 2015, carried out by Thales and the Ecole Polytechnique aims at developing a laser system based on the coherent combination of laser beams produced through a network of amplifying optical fibers. This technique provides an attractive mean of reaching simultaneously the high peak and high average powers required for various industrial, scientific and defense applications. The architecture has to be compatible with very large number of fibers (1000-10000). The goal of XCAN is to overcome all the key scientific and technological barriers to the design and development of an experimental laser demonstrator. The coherent addition of multiple individual phased beams is aimed to provide tens of Gigawatt peak power at 50 kHz repetition rate. Coherent beam combining (CBC) of fiber amplifiers involves a master oscillator which is split into N fiber channels and then amplified through series of polarization maintaining fiber pre-amplifiers and amplifiers. In the so-called tiled aperture configuration, the N fibers are arranged in an array and collimated in the near field of the laser output. The N beamlets then interfere constructively in the far field, and give a bright central lobe. CBC techniques with active phase locking involve phase mismatch detection, calculation of the correction and phase compensation of each amplifier by means of phase modulators. Interferometric phase measurement has proven to be particularly well suited to phase-lock a very large number of fibers in continuous regime. A small fraction of the N beamlets is imaged onto a camera. The beamlets interfere separately with a reference beam. The phase mismatch of each beam is then calculated from the interferences’ position. In this presentation, we demonstrate the phase locking of 19 fibers in femtosecond pulse regime with this technique. In our first experiment, a master oscillator generates pulses of 300 fs (chirped at 200 ps). The beam is split into 19 passive channels. Prior to phase locking, the optical path differences are adjusted down to 10 μm with optical delay lines. Interferograms of the 19 fibers are recorded at 1 kHz with a camera. A dedicated algorithm is developed to measure both the phase and the delay between the fibers on a measurement path. The delay and phase shift are thus calculated collectively from a single image and piezo-electric fiber stretchers are controlled in order to ensure compensation of time-varying phase and delay variations. The residual phase shift error is below λ/60 rms. The coherent beam combining is obtained after propagation and compression. The combined pulse width is measured at 315fs. A second experiment was done to coherently combine two amplified channels of the XCAN demonstrator. A residual phase shift error of λ/30 rms was measured in this case.

Proceedings Article | 9 June 2011 Paper

Beyond 10 J/ 2 Hz LUCIA current status with cryogenic amplifier

A. Lucianetti, T. Novo, B. Vincent, D. Albach, J.-C. Chanteloup

Proceedings Volume 8080, 80800N (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892480

KEYWORDS: Amplifiers, Disk lasers, Laser systems engineering, Cryogenics, Absorption, Optical amplifiers, Semiconductor lasers, Mirrors, Beam shaping, Thermal effects

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Proceedings Article | 9 June 2011 Paper

Overview of the LULI diode-pumped laser chain proposal for HIPER kJ beamlines

J.-C. Chanteloup, A. Lucianetti, D. Albach, T. Novo

Proceedings Volume 8080, 80801W (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.891251

KEYWORDS: Amplifiers, Absorption, Doping, Disk lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Crystals, Fusion energy, Ions, Optical amplifiers, High power lasers

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2005 Paper

Progress in the LUCIA project

G. Bourdet, H. Yu, J.-C. Chanteloup, A. Fülöp, C. Dambrine, S. Ferré, S. Le Moal, A. Pichot, G. Le Touzé, Z. Zhao

Proceedings Volume 5958, 595801 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.622206

KEYWORDS: Crystals, YAG lasers, Diodes, Optical amplifiers, Ytterbium, Amplifiers, Mirrors, Absorption, Distortion, Composites

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Proceedings Article | 27 April 2005 Paper

Overview of the Lucia laser program: toward 100-Joules, nanosecond-pulse, kW averaged power based on ytterbium diode-pumped solid state laser

J.-C. Chanteloup, H. Yu, G. Bourdet, C. Dambrine, S. Ferre, A. Fulop, S. Le Moal, A. Pichot, G. Le Touze, Z. Zhao

Proceedings Volume 5707, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.588341

KEYWORDS: Diodes, Crystals, Optical amplifiers, Laser damage threshold, Multiplexing, Semiconductor lasers, Mirrors, Oscillators, Thermography, Lasers

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Proceedings Article | 12 April 2005 Paper

Diode pumped Yb:YAG V-shape unstable super Gaussian laser resonators for 10 Hz – 100 joules class laser

A. Fulop, G. Bourdet, J.-C. Chanteloup, C. Dambrine, S. Ferre, S. Le Moal, A. Pichot, G. Le Touze, H. Yu, Z. Zhao

Proceedings Volume 5708, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.588395

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Diodes, Mirrors, Semiconductor lasers, Oscillators, Ytterbium, Laser resonators, Resonators, Reflectivity, Laser crystals

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 2004 Paper

High focusability performance obtained on the LULI 100TW laser facility by use of a dielectric coated deformable mirror

Jiping Zou, Benoit Wattellier, Julien Fuchs, K. Abdeli, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, C. Haefner

Proceedings Volume 5333, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.538451

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Deformable mirrors, Adaptive optics, Thermal effects, Dielectrics, Mirrors, Monochromatic aberrations, Optical amplifiers, Wavefront distortions, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 7 April 2004 Paper

The LUCIA project: a high average power ytterbium diode pumped solid state laser chain

Gilbert Bourdet, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, A. Fulop, Y. Julien, Arnold Migus

Proceedings Volume 5478, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.558331

KEYWORDS: Diode pumped solid state lasers, Ytterbium, Semiconductor lasers, Amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2004 Paper

Compact high resolution four wave lateral shearing interferometer

Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Mathieu Cohen

Proceedings Volume 5252, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.513739

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Wavefront sensors, CCD image sensors, Transmittance, Shearing interferometers, Diffraction gratings, Fourier transforms, Microlens

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Proceedings Article | 6 October 2003 Paper

Improvement of the LULI high-energy CPA laser system focusability and repetition rate using an adaptive optical system

Jiping Zou, Julien Fuchs, Benoit Wattellier, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, C. Haefner

Proceedings Volume 5137, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.517980

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Adaptive optics, Thermal effects, Optical amplifiers, Deformable mirrors, Wavefront distortions, Laser systems engineering, Pulsed laser operation, Phase measurement, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 6 October 2003 Paper

Wavefront correction for near diffraction-limited focal spot on a 6x100 J/1-ns laser facility

Julien Fuchs, Benoit Wattellier, Ji Zou, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, H. Bandulet, P. Michel, C. Labaune, S. Depierreux, Alexis Kudryashov, Alexander Aleksandrov

Proceedings Volume 5137, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.517964

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Deformable mirrors, Electrodes, Dielectrics, Wavefront distortions, Diffraction, Glasses, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 12 December 2001 Paper

Temporal and far-field characterization of the transient Ni-like Ag x-ray laser under traveling-wave irradiation

Annie Klisnick, Jaroslav Kuba, David Ros, Antoine Carillon, Gerard Jamelot, Raymond Smith, Federico Strati, Gregory Tallents, R. Keenan, S. Topping, Ciaran Lewis, Peter Nickles, Karol Janulewicz, Fulvia Bortolotto, David Neely, R. Clarke, J. Collier, Andrew MacPhee, Claude Chenais-Popovics, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Denis Joyeux, Daniel Phalippou, Hiroyuki Daido, Huajing Tang

Proceedings Volume 4505, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450576

KEYWORDS: Picosecond phenomena, X-ray lasers, Plasma, Silver, Mirrors, Spectroscopy, Pulsed laser operation, Streak cameras, Diagnostics, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 8 November 2001 Paper

Phase correction in a laser chain using an optically addressed LC SLM

B. Wattelier, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Jiping Zou, A. Sauteret, Arnold Migus, Jean-Pierre Huignard, Brigitte Loiseaux

Proceedings Volume 4457, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.447749

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Wavefronts, Phase shift keying, Liquid crystals, Adaptive optics, Phase shifts, High power lasers, Amplifiers, Crystal optics, Optically addressed spatial light modulators

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Proceedings Article | 11 January 2000 Paper

Mercury and beyond: diode-pumped solid state lasers for inertial fusion energy

Camille Bibeau, Raymond Beach, Andy Bayramian, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Christopher Ebbers, Mark Emanuel, Charles Orth, Joshua Rothenberg, Kathleen Schaffers, Jay Skidmore, Steven Sutton, Luis Zapata, Stephen Payne, Howard Powell

Proceedings Volume 3886, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.375148

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Diodes, Mercury, Semiconductor lasers, Fusion energy, Head, Diode pumped solid state lasers, Laser systems engineering, Laser crystals, Optical amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 21 October 1999 Paper

Transient collisional excitation x-ray laser experiments on the P102 laser at CEA-LV

Jean-Luc Miquel, Nathalie Blanchot, Laurence Bonnet, Sylvie Jacquemot, Annie Klisnick, Jaroslav Kuba, David Ros, P. Fourcade, Gerard Jamelot, Fabien Dorchies, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup

Proceedings Volume 3776, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366684

KEYWORDS: Picosecond phenomena, X-ray lasers, Silver, Plasma, Pulsed laser operation, Spectroscopy, Streak cameras, Ionization, Refraction, Optical simulations

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 1999 Paper

Wavefront control of solid state lasers using an optically addressed light valve in an adaptive optics loop and applications to ultra-intense pulses

Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Arnold Migus, Brigitte Loiseaux, Jean-Pierre Huignard

Proceedings Volume 3492, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354183

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Diffraction, Liquid crystals, Light valves, Solid state lasers, Laser optics, Optical amplifiers, Femtosecond phenomena, Wavefront distortions

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 1998 Paper

Optically addressed liquid crystal light valves for adaptive control of amplitude and phase of laser beam

Brigitte Loiseaux, Jean-Pierre Huignard, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Arnold Migus, Gerard Mourou

Proceedings Volume 3297, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304544

KEYWORDS: Liquid crystals, Beam shaping, Light valves, LCDs, Pulsed laser operation, Crystal optics, Adaptive control, Diffraction, Beam controllers, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 8 December 1997 Paper

Wavefront detection and correction for ultra-intense laser systems

Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Brigitte Loiseaux, Jean-Pierre Huignard, Gerard Mourou, Hector Baldis

Proceedings Volume 3047, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.294309

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Liquid crystals, Laser systems engineering, Wavefront distortions, Diffraction, Adaptive optics, Light valves, Crystal optics, Spatial light modulators, Wavefront sensors

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