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Bournet Q, Natile M, Jonusas M, Guichard F, Zaouter Y, Joffre M, Bonvalet A, Druon F, Hanna M, Georges P. Intensity noise in difference frequency generation-based tunable femtosecond MIR sources. Opt Express 2023; 31:12693-12702. [PMID: 37157425 DOI: 10.1364/oe.486509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We characterize the intensity noise of two mid-infrared (MIR) ultrafast tunable (3.5-11 μm) sources based on difference frequency generation (DFG). While both sources are pumped by a high repetition rate Yb-doped amplifier delivering 200 μJ 300 fs at a central wavelength of 1030 nm, the first is based on intrapulse DFG (intraDFG), and the second on DFG at the output of an optical parametric amplifier (OPA). The noise properties are assessed through measurement of the relative intensity noise (RIN) power spectral density and pulse-to-pulse stability. The noise transfer mechanisms from the pump to the MIR beam is empirically demonstrated. As an example, improving the pump laser noise performance allows reduction of the integrated RIN (IRIN) of one of the MIR source from 2.7% RMS down to 0.4% RMS. The intensity noise is also measured at various stages and in several wavelength ranges in both laser system architectures, allowing us to identify the physical origin of their variation. This study presents numerical values for the pulse to pulse stability, and analyze the frequency content of the RINs of particular importance for the design of low-noise high repetition rate tunable MIR sources and future high performance time-resolved molecular spectroscopy experiments.
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Bournet Q, Jonusas M, Zheng A, Guichard F, Natile M, Zaouter Y, Joffre M, Bonvalet A, Druon F, Hanna M, Georges P. Inline amplification of mid-infrared intrapulse difference frequency generation. Opt Lett 2022; 47:4885-4888. [PMID: 36181142 DOI: 10.1364/ol.467792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We demonstrate an ultrafast mid-infrared source architecture that implements both intrapulse difference frequency generation (iDFG) and further optical parametric amplification (OPA), in an all-inline configuration. The source is driven by a nonlinearly compressed high-energy Yb-doped-fiber amplifier delivering 7.4 fs pulses at a central wavelength of 1030 nm, at a repetition rate of 250 kHz. It delivers 1 µJ, 73 fs pulses at a central wavelength of 8 µm, tunable over more than one octave. By enrolling all the pump photons in the iDFG process and recycling the long wavelength pump photons amplified in the iDFG in the subsequent OPA, we obtain an unprecedented overall optical efficiency of 2%. These performances, combining high energy and repetition rate in a very simple all-inline setup, make this technique ideally suited for a growing number of applications, such as high harmonic generation in solids or two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy experiments.
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Georges P, Clerc C, Turco C, Di Martino V, Paquette B, Minello A, Calame P, Magnin J, Vuitton L, Weil-Verhoeven D, Lakkis Z, Vanlemmens C, Latournerie M, Heyd B, Doussot A. Post-Transplantation Cytomegalovirus Infection Interplays With the Development of Anastomotic Biliary Strictures After Liver Transplantation. Transpl Int 2022; 35:10292. [PMID: 35721468 PMCID: PMC9200969 DOI: 10.3389/ti.2022.10292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Background: Anastomotic biliary stricture (ABS) remains the most frequent complication after liver transplantation (LT). This study aimed to identify new anastomotic biliary stricture risk factors, with a specific focus on postoperative events. Additionally, ABS management and impact on patient and graft survival were assessed.Methods: All consecutive patients who underwent LT with duct-to-duct anastomosis between 2010 and 2019 were included. All patients who died within 90 days after LT due to non-ABS-related causes were excluded.Results: Among 240 patients, 65 (27.1%) developed ABS after a median time of 142 days (range, 13–1265). Median follow-up was 49 months (7–126). Upon multivariable analysis, donor BMI (OR=0.509, p = 0.037), post-LT CMV primoinfection (OR = 5.244, p < 0.001) or reactivation (OR = 2.421, p = 0.015) and the occurrence of post-LT anastomotic biliary fistula (OR = 2.691, p = 0.021) were associated with ABS. Anastomotic technical difficulty did not independently impact the risk of ABS (OR = 1.923, p = 0.051). First-line ABS treatment was systematically endoscopic (100%), and required a median of 2 (range, 1–11) procedures per patient. Repeat LT was not required in patients developing ABS. The occurrence of ABS was not associated with overall patient survival (p = 0.912) nor graft survival (p = 0.521).Conclusion: The risk of developing ABS after LT seems driven by the occurrence of postoperative events such as CMV infection and anastomotic fistula. In this regard, the role of CMV prophylaxis warrants further investigations.
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- Pauline Georges
- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology –Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besancon, France
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- Department of Hepatology, University Hospital of Dijon, Dijon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology –Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besancon, France
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- Department of Hepatology, University Hospital of Besançon, Besancon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology –Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besancon, France
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- Department of Hepatology, University Hospital of Dijon, Dijon, France
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Besançon, Besancon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology –Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besancon, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Besançon, Besancon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology –Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besancon, France
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- Department of Hepatology, University Hospital of Besançon, Besancon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology –Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besancon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology –Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besancon, France
- *Correspondence: Alexandre Doussot,
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Bournet Q, Guichard F, Natile M, Zaouter Y, Joffre M, Bonvalet A, Pupeza I, Hofer C, Druon F, Hanna M, Georges P. Enhanced intrapulse difference frequency generation in the mid-infrared by a spectrally dependent polarization state. Opt Lett 2022; 47:261-264. [PMID: 35030582 DOI: 10.1364/ol.444908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We present a technique to optimize the intrapulse difference frequency generation efficiency for mid-infrared generation. The approach employs a multi-order wave plate that is designed to selectively rotate the polarization state of the incoming spectral components on the relevant orthogonal axes for subsequent nonlinear interaction. We demonstrate a significant increase of the mid-infrared average power generated, of a factor ≥2.5 compared with the conventional scheme, owing to an optimally distributed number of photons enrolled in the difference frequency generation process.
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Georges P, Doussot A. Comment on: local control and survival after induction chemotherapy and ablative radiation versus resection for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with vascular involvement. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr 2021; 10:672-674. [PMID: 34760970 DOI: 10.21037/hbsn-21-336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Pauline Georges
- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology - Liver Transplantation Unit, CHU Besancon, Besancon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology - Liver Transplantation Unit, CHU Besancon, Besancon, France
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Doussot A, Decrock M, Calame P, Georges P, Turco C, Lakkis Z, Heyd B. Fluorescence-based pancreas stump perfusion is associated with postoperative acute pancreatitis after pancreatoduodenectomy a prospective cohort study. Pancreatology 2021; 21:S1424-3903(21)00161-7. [PMID: 34030965 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2021.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Postoperative acute pancreatitis (POAP) emerges as a distinct pancreas-specific complication increasing both the risk and the burden of POPF after pancreatoduodenectomy. Among various risk factors, pancreas stump (PS) hypoperfusion might play a role in POAP occurrence but has never been investigated. The current study aimed at evaluating the feasibility of intraoperative fluorescence angiography (IOFA) of the PS using ICG and its association with POAP. METHODS Consecutive patients who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy for a periampullary tumor with pancreatojejunostomy and PS perfusion assessment using IOFA between January 2020 and November 2020 were prospectively included. Perioperative management and surgical strategy were standardized. IOFA of the pancreas stump was performed before fashioning pancreatojejunostomy. POAP was defined according to the Connor definition and was confirmed upon radiological blind review. Outcomes between patients with normally perfused and hypoperfused PS were compared. POAP was the primary endpoint. RESULTS Among 30 patients, nine patients (30%) developed POAP according to the Connor definition, and six patients (20%) had CT-confirmed POAP. Upon IOFA, six patients (20%) presented PS hypoperfusion; of which one patient underwent extended pancreatectomy further to the left. PS hypoperfusion was statistically associated with the occurrence of POAP (80% vs. 16%; p = 0.011) and CT-confirmed POAP (60% vs. 12%; p = 0.041). Clinically relevant POPF rate was 40% in case of PS hypoperfusion and 4% in case of normal PS perfusion (p = 0.064). CONCLUSIONS PS perfusion assessment using IOFA seems safe and reliable to anticipate POAP. PS IOFA could be considered as a potential tool for perioperative assessment of surgical risk after pancreatoduodenectomy.
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- Alexandre Doussot
- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology - Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, France.
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology - Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, France
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Besançon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology - Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology - Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology - Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology - Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, France
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Georges P, Boza-Moran MG, Gide J, Pêche GA, Forêt B, Bayot A, Rustin P, Peschanski M, Martinat C, Aubry L. Induced pluripotent stem cells-derived neurons from patients with Friedreich ataxia exhibit differential sensitivity to resveratrol and nicotinamide. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14568. [PMID: 31601825 PMCID: PMC6787055 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49870-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Translation of pharmacological results from in vitro cell testing to clinical trials is challenging. One of the causes that may underlie these discrepant results is the lack of the phenotypic or species-specific relevance of the tested cells; today, this lack of relevance may be reduced by relying on cells differentiated from human pluripotent stem cells. To analyse the benefits provided by this approach, we chose to focus on Friedreich ataxia, a neurodegenerative condition for which the recent clinical testing of two compounds was not successful. These compounds, namely, resveratrol and nicotinamide, were selected because they had been shown to stimulate the expression of frataxin in fibroblasts and lymphoblastoid cells. Our results indicated that these compounds failed to do so in iPSC-derived neurons generated from two patients with Friedreich ataxia. By comparing the effects of both molecules on different cell types that may be considered to be non-relevant for the disease, such as fibroblasts, or more relevant to the disease, such as neurons differentiated from iPSCs, a differential response was observed; this response suggests the importance of developing more predictive in vitro systems for drug discovery. Our results demonstrate the value of utilizing human iPSCs early in drug discovery to improve translational predictability.
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- INSERM UMR 861, I-STEM, AFM, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France
- UEVE, Paris-Saclay UMR 861, I-STEM, AFM, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France
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- INSERM UMR 861, I-STEM, AFM, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France
- UEVE, Paris-Saclay UMR 861, I-STEM, AFM, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France
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- CNRS UMR 3691, Institut Pasteur, Mitochondrial Biology Group, Paris, France
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- Hôpital Robert Debré, INSERM UMR, 1141, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR 861, I-STEM, AFM, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France
- UEVE, Paris-Saclay UMR 861, I-STEM, AFM, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France
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- INSERM UMR 861, I-STEM, AFM, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France
- UEVE, Paris-Saclay UMR 861, I-STEM, AFM, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France
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- INSERM UMR 861, I-STEM, AFM, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France.
- UEVE, Paris-Saclay UMR 861, I-STEM, AFM, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France.
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Albrodt P, Niemeyer M, Crump P, Hamperl J, Moron F, Georges P, Lucas-Leclin G. Coherent beam combining of high power quasi continuous wave tapered amplifiers. Opt Express 2019; 27:27891-27901. [PMID: 31684550 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.027891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We demonstrate coherent beam combining of four high brightness tapered amplifiers in pulsed, quasi continuous wave (QCW) operation, seeded by a 976 nm laser diode. The maximum power of 22.7 W was achieved with > 64% combining efficiency in a close to diffraction limited beam. We discuss turn-on dynamics of tapered amplifiers operated in pulsed mode in detail.
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Natile M, Golinelli A, Lavenu L, Guichard F, Hanna M, Zaouter Y, Chiche R, Chen X, Hergott JF, Boutu W, Merdji H, Georges P. CEP-stable high-energy ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier. Opt Lett 2019; 44:3909-3912. [PMID: 31415509 DOI: 10.1364/ol.44.003909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We report on the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) stabilization of a Yb-doped fiber amplifier system delivering 30 μJ pulses at 100 kHz repetition rate. A single-shot, every-shot measurement of the CEP stability based on a simple f-2f interferometer is performed, yielding a CEP standard deviation of 320 mrad rms over 1 s. Long-term stability is also assessed, with 380 mrad measured over 1 h. This level of performance is allowed by a hybrid architecture, including a passively CEP-stabilized front-end based on difference frequency generation and an active CEP stabilization loop for the fiber amplifier system, acting on a telecom-grade integrated LiNbO3 phase modulator. Together with recent demonstrations of temporal compression down to the few-cycle regime, the presented results demonstrate the relevance of the Yb-doped high repetition rate laser for attoscience.
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Gallinelli T, Barbet A, Druon F, Balembois F, Georges P, Billeton T, Chenais S, Forget S. Enhancing brightness of Lambertian light sources with luminescent concentrators: the light extraction issue. Opt Express 2019; 27:11830-11843. [PMID: 31053023 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.011830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Luminescent concentrators (LC) enable breaking the limit of geometrical concentration imposed by the brightness theorem. They enable increasing the brightness of Lambertian light sources such as (organic) light-emitting diodes. However, for illumination applications, light emitted in the high-index material needs to be outcoupled to free space, raising important light extraction issues. Supported by an intuitive graphical representation, we propose a simple design for light extraction: a wedged output side facet, breaking the symmetry of the traditional rectangular slab design. Angular emission patterns as well as ray-tracing simulations are reported on Ce:YAG single crystal concentrators cut with different wedge angles, and are compared with devices having flat or roughened exit facets. The wedge output provides a simple and versatile way to simultaneously enhance the extracted power (up to a factor of 2) and the light directivity (radiant intensity increased by up to 2.2.).
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Lavenu L, Natile M, Guichard F, Délen X, Hanna M, Zaouter Y, Georges P. High-power two-cycle ultrafast source based on hybrid nonlinear compression. Opt Express 2019; 27:1958-1967. [PMID: 30732241 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.001958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We demonstrate a hybrid dual-stage nonlinear compression scheme, which allows the temporal compression of 330 fs-pulses down to 6.8 fs-pulses, with an overall transmission of 61%. This high transmission is obtained by using a first compression stage based on a gas-filled multipass cell, and a second stage based on a large-core gas-filled capillary. The source output is fully characterized in terms of spectral, temporal, spatial, and short- and long-term stability properties. The system's compactness, stability, and high average power makes it ideally suited to drive high photon flux XUV sources through high harmonic generation.
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Albrodt P, Jamal MT, Hansen AK, Jensen OB, Blume G, Paschke K, Crump P, Georges P, Lucas-Leclin G. Coherent combining of high brightness tapered amplifiers for efficient non-linear conversion. Opt Express 2019; 27:928-937. [PMID: 30696171 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.000928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We report on a coherent beam combination of three high-brightness tapered amplifiers, which are seeded by a single-frequency laser at λ = 976 nm in a simple architecture with efficiently cooled emitters. The maximal combined power of 12.9 W is achieved at a combining efficiency of > 65%, which is limited by the amplifiers' intrinsic beam quality. The coherent combination cleans up the spatial profile, as the central lobe's power content increases by up to 86%. This high-brightness infrared beam is converted into the visible by second harmonic generation. This results in a high non-linear conversion efficiency of 4.5%/W and a maximum power over 2 W at 488 nm, which is limited by thermal effects in the periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN).
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Lavenu L, Natile M, Guichard F, Zaouter Y, Delen X, Hanna M, Mottay E, Georges P. Nonlinear pulse compression based on a gas-filled multipass cell. Opt Lett 2018; 43:2252-2255. [PMID: 29762565 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.002252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We demonstrate nonlinear temporal compression of a high-energy Yb-doped fiber laser source in a multipass cell filled with argon. The 160 μJ 275 fs input pulses are compressed down to 135 μJ 33 fs at the output, corresponding to an overall transmission of 85%. We also analyze the output beam, revealing essentially no space-time couplings. We believe this technique can be scalable to higher pulse energies and shorter pulse durations, enabling access to a wider parameter range for a large variety of ultrafast laser sources.
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Savel J, Georges P. Etude de l’influence du régime sur l’état histologique et physicochimique du glycogène chez Ascaris lumbricoides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1969441013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Papadopoulos DN, Ramirez P, Genevrier K, Ranc L, Lebas N, Pellegrina A, Le Blanc C, Monot P, Martin L, Zou JP, Mathieu F, Audebert P, Georges P, Druon F. High-contrast 10 fs OPCPA-based front end for multi-PW laser chains. Opt Lett 2017; 42:3530-3533. [PMID: 28914893 DOI: 10.1364/ol.42.003530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Applications using multi-PW lasers necessitate high temporal pulse quality with a tremendous contrast ratio (CR). The first crucial prerequisite to achieve multi-PW peak power is the generation of ultrashort pulses with good spectral phase quality. Second, to avoid any deleterious pre-ionization effect on targets, nanosecond contrast better than 1012 is also targeted. In the framework of the Apollon 10 PW French laser program, we present a high-contrast 10 fs front-end design study to inject highly energetic Ti:sapphire PW lasers. The CR has been measured and analyzed in different time ranges highlighting the different major contributions for each scale.
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Georges P, Muirhead RP, Williams L, Holman S, Tabiin MT, Dean SK, Tuch BE. Comparison of Size, Viability, and Function of Fetal Pig Islet-Like Cell Clusters after Digestion Using Collagenase or Liberase. Cell Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.3727/000000002783985477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Liberase is a highly purified blend of collagenases that has been specifically developed to eliminate the numerous problems associated with the conventional use of crude collagenase when isolating islet-like cell clusters (ICCs) from pancreases of different species. The influence of Liberase on yield, size, viability, and function of ICCs has been documented when this enzyme was used to digest adult but not fetal pancreases. In this study, we compared the effects of collagenase and Liberase on fetal pig ICCs. A total of eight fetal pig pancreas digestions were analyzed. Fetuses were obtained from Large White Landrace pigs of gestational age 80 ± 2.1 days. The pancreases were digested with either 3 mg/ml collagenase P or 1.2 mg/ml Liberase HI. The time taken to digest the pancreas was shorter for collagenase when compared with Liberase (22 ± 2 vs. 31 ± 2 min). The size of ICCs was similar for both collagenase (83 ± 0.5 μm) and Liberase (79 ± 0.4 μm) as was the number of ICCs produced per pancreas (7653 ± 1297 vs. 8101 ± 1177). Viability, as assessed using fluorescent markers, was slightly greater for Liberase (79 ± 1% vs. 76 ± 1%, p < 0.05). Responsiveness to β-cell stimulus (20 mM KCl) was similar for both methods of isolation, as was the insulin content of the ICCs, both in vitro and at 1 month after transplantation of 1500 ICCs beneath the renal capsule of immunoincompetent mice. Despite the high content of endotoxins in collagenase, the above results show that this enzyme was equally as efficient as Liberase in isolating functional ICCs from fetal pig pancreas.
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- Pauline Georges
- Diabetes Transplant Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2031, Australia
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- Diabetes Transplant Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2031, Australia
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- Diabetes Transplant Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2031, Australia
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- Diabetes Transplant Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2031, Australia
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- Diabetes Transplant Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2031, Australia
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- Diabetes Transplant Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2031, Australia
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- Diabetes Transplant Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2031, Australia
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Lavenu L, Natile M, Guichard F, Zaouter Y, Hanna M, Mottay E, Georges P. High-energy few-cycle Yb-doped fiber amplifier source based on a single nonlinear compression stage. Opt Express 2017; 25:7530-7537. [PMID: 28380874 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.007530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A simple, compact, and efficient few-cycle laser source at a central wavelength of 1 µm is presented. The system is based on a high-energy femtosecond ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier delivering 130 fs, 250 µJ pulses at 200 kHz, corresponding to 1.5 GW of peak power and an average power of 50 W. The unprecedented short pulse duration at the output of this system is obtained by use of spectral intensity and phase shaping, allowing for both gain narrowing mitigation and the compensation of the nonlinear accumulated spectral phase. This laser source is followed by a single-stage of nonlinear compression in a xenon-filled capillary, allowing for the generation of 14 fs, 120 µJ pulses at 200 kHz resulting in 24 W of average power. High-harmonic generation driven by this type of source will trigger numerous new applications in the XUV range and attosecond science.
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Guichard F, Lavenu L, Hanna M, Zaouter Y, Georges P. Coherent combining efficiency in strongly saturated divided-pulse amplification systems. Opt Express 2016; 24:25329-25336. [PMID: 27828471 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.025329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Numerical simulations are performed to analyze effects that limit the combining efficiency in divided-pulse amplification setups. The model allows us to evaluate the impact of self- and cross-phase modulation between pulse replicas, Kramers-Krönig-related phase shifts, and inter- and intra-replica saturation effects. In particular, we show that when the energy per replica approaches the saturation energy, pulse reshaping induced by the gain saturation coupled with self-phase modulation imparts a temporal differential phase that decreases the combining efficiency. This effect limits the energy that can be extracted by a single replica, thereby providing design rules to scale the performances of short pulse laser sources using this technique.
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Schimmel G, Doyen-Moldovan I, Janicot S, Hanna M, Decker J, Crump P, Blume G, Erbert G, Georges P, Lucas-Leclin G. Rear-side resonator architecture for the passive coherent combining of high-brightness laser diodes. Opt Lett 2016; 41:950-953. [PMID: 26974088 DOI: 10.1364/ol.41.000950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We describe a new coherent beam combining architecture based on passive phase locking of emitters in an extended cavity on the rear facet and their coherent combination on the front facet. This rear-side technique provides strong optical feedback for phase locking while maintaining a high electrical-to-optical efficiency. Two high-brightness high-power tapered laser diodes are coherently combined using a Michelson-based cavity. The combining efficiency is above 82% and results in an output power of 6.7 W in a nearly diffraction-limited beam with an M(4σ)(2)≤1.2. A semi-active automatic adjustment of the current enhances the long-term stability of the combination, while the short-term stability is passively ensured by the extended cavity. This new laser configuration exhibits the simplicity of passive self-organizing architectures while providing a power conversion efficiency of 27% that is comparable to master oscillator power amplifier architectures.
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Blondel S, Egesipe AL, Picardi P, Jaskowiak AL, Notarnicola M, Ragot J, Tournois J, Le Corf A, Brinon B, Poydenot P, Georges P, Navarro C, Pitrez PR, Ferreira L, Bollot G, Bauvais C, Laustriat D, Mejat A, De Sandre-Giovannoli A, Levy N, Bifulco M, Peschanski M, Nissan X. Drug screening on Hutchinson Gilford progeria pluripotent stem cells reveals aminopyrimidines as new modulators of farnesylation. Cell Death Dis 2016; 7:e2105. [PMID: 26890144 PMCID: PMC5399184 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2015.374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by a dramatic appearance of premature aging. HGPS is due to a single-base substitution in exon 11 of the LMNA gene (c.1824C>T) leading to the production of a toxic form of the prelamin A protein called progerin. Because farnesylation process had been shown to control progerin toxicity, in this study we have developed a screening method permitting to identify new pharmacological inhibitors of farnesylation. For this, we have used the unique potential of pluripotent stem cells to have access to an unlimited and relevant biological resource and test 21,608 small molecules. This study identified several compounds, called monoaminopyrimidines, which target two key enzymes of the farnesylation process, farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase and farnesyl transferase, and rescue in vitro phenotypes associated with HGPS. Our results opens up new therapeutic possibilities for the treatment of HGPS by identifying a new family of protein farnesylation inhibitors, and which may also be applicable to cancers and diseases associated with mutations that involve farnesylated proteins.
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- S Blondel
- INSERM U861, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France.,UEVE, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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- CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Via Allende, Baronissi Salerno 84081, Italy
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- CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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- Laboratory of Nutritional Biochemistry, National Institute for Digestive Diseases "S. de Bellis", Castellana Grotte, Bari 70013, Italy
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- INSERM U861, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France.,UEVE, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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- CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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- INSERM U861, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France.,UEVE, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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- CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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- CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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- CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, UMR S 910: Génétique Médicale et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté de Médecine Timone, Marseille, France.,INSERM, UMR S 910: Génétique Médicale et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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- CNC-Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Largo Marques de Pombal, Coimbra 3004-517, Portugal
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- CNC-Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Largo Marques de Pombal, Coimbra 3004-517, Portugal
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- SYNSIGHT, a/s IncubAlliance 86 rue de Paris Orsay 91400, France
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- SYNSIGHT, a/s IncubAlliance 86 rue de Paris Orsay 91400, France
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- CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule, UMR 5239 CNRS/ENS Lyon/UCBL, 46 Allée d'Italie, Lyon, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, UMR S 910: Génétique Médicale et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté de Médecine Timone, Marseille, France.,INSERM, UMR S 910: Génétique Médicale et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, UMR S 910: Génétique Médicale et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté de Médecine Timone, Marseille, France.,INSERM, UMR S 910: Génétique Médicale et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Via Allende, Baronissi Salerno 84081, Italy
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- INSERM U861, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France.,UEVE, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France.,CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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- INSERM U861, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France.,UEVE, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France.,CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases, 5 rue Henri Desbruères, Evry Cedex 91030, France
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Georges P, Boissart C, Poulet A, Peschanski M, Benchoua A. Protein Kinase-A Inhibition Is Sufficient to Support Human Neural Stem Cells Self-Renewal. Stem Cells 2015; 33:3666-72. [PMID: 26299682 DOI: 10.1002/stem.2194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Human pluripotent stem cell-derived neural stem cells offer unprecedented opportunities for producing specific types of neurons for several biomedical applications. However, to achieve it, protocols of production and amplification of human neural stem cells need to be standardized, cost effective, and safe. This means that small molecules should progressively replace the use of media containing cocktails of protein-based growth factors. Here we have conducted a phenotypical screening to identify pathways involved in the regulation of hNSC self-renewal. We analyzed 80 small molecules acting as kinase inhibitors and identified compounds of the 5-isoquinolinesulfonamide family, described as protein kinase A (PKA) and protein kinase G inhibitors, as candidates to support hNSC self-renewal. Investigating the mode of action of these compounds, we found that modulation of PKA activity was central in controlling the choice between self-renewal or terminal neuronal differentiation of hNSC. We finally demonstrated that the pharmacological inhibition of PKA using the small molecule HA1004 was sufficient to support the full derivation, propagation, and long-term maintenance of stable hNSC in absence of any other extrinsic signals. Our results indicated that tuning of PKA activity is a core mechanism regulating hNSC self-renewal and differentiation and delineate the minimal culture media requirement to maintain undifferentiated hNSC in vitro.
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- INSERM UMR 861, 91030, Evry Cedex, France.,UEVE UMR 861, I-STEM, AFM, 91030, Evry Cedex, France
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Auzoult L, Hardy-Massard S, Gandon L, Georges P. Quels sont les prédicteurs des comportements associés au respect des règles d’hygiène en soins infirmiers en cours de formation ? PRAT PSYCHOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prps.2015.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sévillano P, Georges P, Druon F, Descamps D, Cormier E. 32-fs Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaGdAlO₄ oscillator optically pumped by a bright fiber laser. Opt Lett 2014; 39:6001-6004. [PMID: 25361140 DOI: 10.1364/ol.39.006001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this study, we report on a pure Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaGdAlO₄ oscillator optically pumped by a diffraction-limited fiber laser. At the repetition rate of 96 MHz, several configurations have been studied to achieve either pulse duration of 40 fs with average powers up to the watt level or shorter pulse duration down to 32 fs. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the shortest pulse duration ever achieved with an Yb-doped bulk material and the highest average power for sub-40-fs Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb-bulk oscillator.
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Ndao B, Senghor CS, Sy I, Diedhiou K, Talla I, Barbier D, Dewavrin P, Klotz F, Georges P. [Can we overcome schistosomiasis? A Senegalese example]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 108:17-20. [PMID: 24952623 DOI: 10.1007/s13149-014-0370-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The authors report the results of controlling schistosomiasis in 53 villages from Ninefecha area-(Kedougou District, East Senegal) within Schistosomiasis National Control Program partnership. The four aims were: i) praziquantel treatment of 3324 children 6-14 years old, ii) installation of a laboratory for children prevalence annual monitoring (random draw one in three), iii) health education of the concerned people ("sensitization"), iiii) construction of latrines. 900 latrines are required and 649 have been built. The initial prevalence (2006) of 44% for S. mansoni and 4% for S. haematobium are now respectively 1.9% and 1.4% (2013). The program must be continuous as shown in the Assoni village: a prevalence study in children 0-5 years old, for which praziquantel is not recommended, reveals an infestation rate for S. mansoni of 78% in 2008 and of 47% in 2012. This age group is an important parasite reservoir and health education of parents is absolutely necessary. A permanent and effective center like Ninefescha hospital for distribution of praziquantel, sensitization meetings and latrines control is essential for the success of the program.
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- B Ndao
- Hôpital de Ninefecha, Ninefecha, Sénégal
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- Laboratoire de parasitologie, UFR Pharmacie, Caen, France
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- Laboratoire de parasitologie, UFR Pharmacie, Caen, France.
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- Le Kaïcedrat, 18 rue Cassette, Paris, France
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- Ecole du Val de Grâce, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de parasitologie, UFR Pharmacie, Caen, France
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Machinet G, Sevillano P, Guichard F, Dubrasquet R, Camy P, Doualan JL, Moncorgé R, Georges P, Druon F, Descamps D, Cormier E. High-brightness fiber laser-pumped 68 fs-2.3 W Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaF2 oscillator. Opt Lett 2013; 38:4008-4010. [PMID: 24321907 DOI: 10.1364/ol.38.004008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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By using a high-brightness fiber pump laser, we demonstrate a pure Kerr-lens mode-locked (ML) Yb:CaF(2) oscillator. The laser delivers 68 fs pulses with 2.3 W average power at 73 MHz repetition rate and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 33% is achieved. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of Kerr-lens mode-locking in Yb:CaF(2). Incidentally, we report here the highest average power ever achieved for a sub-100-fs active Kerr-lens ML Yb-bulk oscillator.
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Boissart C, Poulet A, Georges P, Darville H, Julita E, Delorme R, Bourgeron T, Peschanski M, Benchoua A. Differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells of cortical neurons of the superficial layers amenable to psychiatric disease modeling and high-throughput drug screening. Transl Psychiatry 2013; 3:e294. [PMID: 23962924 PMCID: PMC3756296 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Revised: 07/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cortical neurons of the superficial layers (II-IV) represent a pivotal neuronal population involved in the higher cognitive functions of the human and are particularly affected by psychiatric diseases with developmental manifestations such as schizophrenia and autism. Differentiation protocols of human pluripotent stem cells (PSC) into cortical neurons have been achieved, opening the way to in vitro modeling of neuropsychiatric diseases. However, these protocols commonly result in the asynchronous production of neurons typical for the different layers of the cortex within an extended period of culture, thus precluding the analysis of specific subtypes of neurons in a standardized manner. Addressing this issue, we have successfully captured a stable population of self-renewing late cortical progenitors (LCPs) that synchronously and massively differentiate into glutamatergic cortical neurons of the upper layers. The short time course of differentiation into neurons of these progenitors has made them amenable to high-throughput assays. This has allowed us to analyze the capability of LCPs at differentiating into post mitotic neurons as well as extending and branching neurites in response to a collection of selected bioactive molecules. LCPs and cortical neurons of the upper layers were successfully produced from patient-derived-induced PSC, indicating that this system enables functional studies of individual-specific cortical neurons ex vivo for disease modeling and therapeutic purposes.
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- C Boissart
- Neuroplasticity and Therapeutics, CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Evry Cedex, France
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- Neuroplasticity and Therapeutics, CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Evry Cedex, France
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- Neuroplasticity and Therapeutics, CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Evry Cedex, France
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- Neuroplasticity and Therapeutics, CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Evry Cedex, France
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- Neuroplasticity and Therapeutics, CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Evry Cedex, France
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- Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Robert Debré Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Paris, France
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- Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France,CNRS URA 2182 ‘Genes, synapses and cognition', Institut Pasteur, Paris, France,University Denis Diderot Paris 7, Paris, France
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- INSERM/UEVE UMR 861 I-STEM AFM, Evry Cedex, France
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- Neuroplasticity and Therapeutics, CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Evry Cedex, France,Neuroplasticity and Therapeutics, CECS, I-STEM, AFM, 5 rue Henri Desbrueres, Genopole campus 1, Evry Cedex 91030, France. E-mail:
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Ricaud S, Jaffres A, Wentsch K, Suganuma A, Viana B, Loiseau P, Weichelt B, Abdou-Ahmed M, Voss A, Graf T, Rytz D, Hönninger C, Mottay E, Georges P, Druon F. Femtosecond Yb:CaGdAlO4 thin-disk oscillator. Opt Lett 2012; 37:3984-3986. [PMID: 23027253 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.003984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A mode-locked thin-disk laser based on Yb:CALGO is demonstrated for the first time. At an average output power of 28 W we obtained pulses with a duration of 300 fs and a pulse energy of 1.3 μJ. 197 fs pulses with 0.9 μJ of energy were achieved at an average output power of 20 W. The shortest pulse duration measured in our experiments was 135 fs with a spectrum centered at 1043 nm. The experiments also revealed a very broad tunability from 1032 to 1046 nm with sub-200 fs pulses.
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- S Ricaud
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Univ Paris Sud 2, Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
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Daniault L, Hanna M, Papadopoulos DN, Zaouter Y, Mottay E, Druon F, Georges P. High peak-power stretcher-free femtosecond fiber amplifier using passive spatio-temporal coherent combining. Opt Express 2012; 20:21627-21634. [PMID: 23037281 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.021627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report on the passive coherent combining of up to 8 temporally and spatially separated ultrashort pulses amplified in a stretcher-free ytterbium-doped fiber system. An initial femtosecond pulse is split into 4 temporal replicas using divided-pulse amplification, and subsequently divided in two counter-propagating beams in a Sagnac interferometer containing a fiber amplifier. The spatio-temporal distribution of the peak-power inside the amplifier allows the generation of record 3.1 µJ and 50 fs pulses at 1 MHz of repetition rate with 52 MW of peak-power from a stretcher-free fiber amplifier and without additional nonlinear post-compression stages.
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- L Daniault
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, 2 Av. Augustin Fresnel, 91127 Palaiseau, France.
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Zaouter Y, Daniault L, Hanna M, Papadopoulos DN, Morin F, Hönninger C, Druon F, Mottay E, Georges P. Passive coherent combination of two ultrafast rod type fiber chirped pulse amplifiers. Opt Lett 2012; 37:1460-1462. [PMID: 22555704 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.001460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Using passive coherent beam combining of two ultrafast fiber amplifiers, we demonstrate the generation of high temporal quality 300 fs and 650 μJ pulses corresponding to 60 W of average power at a repetition rate of 92 kHz. Furthermore, at 2 MHz of repetition rate record coherent combining average powers of 135 W before and 105 W after compression are measured. A combining efficiency higher than 90% is maintained over the whole range of output powers and repetition rates investigated demonstrating the efficiency and robustness of the passive combining technique. The measured pulse-to-pulse relative power fluctuation at high energy is 2%, indicating that the system is essentially immune to environmental phase noise. We believe the passive combining method to be an attractive approach for compact multi-GW peak power femtosecond fiber-based sources.
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- Y Zaouter
- Amplitude Systemes, Cité de la Photonique, 33600 Pessac, France.
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Plamann K, Alahyane F, Aptel F, Bayleyegn M, Courjaud A, Crotti C, Deloison F, Druon F, Dubois A, Georges P, Hanna M, Kowalczuk L, Legeais JM, Marciano T, Mottay E, Savoldelli M. Nouvel outil pour la chirurgie du glaucome assistée par laser femtoseconde et tomographie de cohérence optique. Ing Rech Biomed 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.irbm.2012.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Daniault L, Hanna M, Lombard L, Zaouter Y, Mottay E, Goular D, Bourdon P, Druon F, Georges P. Impact of spectral phase mismatch on femtosecond coherent beam combining systems. Opt Lett 2012; 37:650-652. [PMID: 22344136 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.000650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We experimentally investigate the impact of spectral phase mismatch on the coherent beam combining of two femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers. By measuring the differential spectral phase, both linear and nonlinear contributions are identified. An accumulated nonlinear phase as high as 6 rad has been measured, for which a combination efficiency of 91% can be obtained by symmetrizing the pump and injection powers. This also allows us to quantitatively separate the spatial and temporal contributions of the nonperfect combining efficiency.
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- L Daniault
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Palaiseau, France.
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Ricaud S, Jaffres A, Loiseau P, Viana B, Weichelt B, Abdou-Ahmed M, Voss A, Graf T, Rytz D, Delaigue M, Mottay E, Georges P, Druon F. Yb:CaGdAlO4 thin-disk laser. Opt Lett 2011; 36:4134-4136. [PMID: 22048342 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.004134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We present the first demonstration of a Yb:CALGO thin-disk laser. In a slightly multimode configuration, we obtained up to 30 W of average power at a slope efficiency of 40% and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 32%. With a single-mode cavity, an average power of 25 W was achieved. A tuning range from 1018 to 1052 nm could be demonstrated by inserting a prism into the cavity. In the Q-switched regime, we obtained 1 mJ of pulse energy at a repetition rate of 100 Hz.
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- S Ricaud
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, UMR 8501, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris Sud 11, 2 Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
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Bloom G, Larat C, Lallier E, Lehoucq G, Bansropun S, Lee-Bouhours MSL, Loiseaux B, Carras M, Marcadet X, Lucas-Leclin G, Georges P. Passive coherent beam combining of quantum-cascade lasers with a Dammann grating. Opt Lett 2011; 36:3810-3812. [PMID: 21964105 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.003810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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An external cavity using a binary phase grating has been developed to achieve coherent combining of five quantum-cascade lasers emitting at 4.65 μm. The grating phase profile is designed to combine five beams of equal intensities into a single beam with a good efficiency (~75%). The performances of this cavity concerning output power, stability, combining efficiency and beam quality are detailed. We report a CW combining efficiency of 66% corresponding to an output power of ~0.5 W with a good beam quality (M(2)<1.6).
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- G Bloom
- Thales Research and Technology, 1 Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91767 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
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Ricaud S, Papadopoulos DN, Pellegrina A, Balembois F, Georges P, Courjaud A, Camy P, Doualan JL, Moncorgé R, Druon F. High-power diode-pumped cryogenically cooled Yb:CaF₂ laser with extremely low quantum defect. Opt Lett 2011; 36:1602-1604. [PMID: 21540941 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.001602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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High-power diode-pumped laser operation at 992-993 nm under a pumping wavelength of 981 of 986 nm is demonstrated with Yb:CaF₂ operating at cryogenic temperature (77 K), leading to extremely low quantum defects of 1.2% and 0.7%, respectively. An average output power of 33 W has been produced with an optical efficiency of 35%. This represents, to the best of our knowledge, the best laser performance ever obtained at such low quantum defects on intense laser lines.
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- S Ricaud
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, UMR 8501 CNRS, Université Paris Sud, 91127 Palaiseau, France.
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Daniault L, Hanna M, Lombard L, Zaouter Y, Mottay E, Goular D, Bourdon P, Druon F, Georges P. Coherent beam combining of two femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers. Opt Lett 2011; 36:621-623. [PMID: 21368927 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.000621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We demonstrate coherent beam combining of two femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers seeded by a common oscillator. Using a feedback loop based on an electro-optic phase modulator, an average power of 7.2 W before compression is obtained with a combining efficiency of 90%. The spatial and temporal qualities of the oscillator are retained, with a recombined pulse width of 325 fs. This experiment opens up a way to scale the peak/average power of ultrafast fiber sources.
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- L Daniault
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, UMR 8501 CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Palaiseau, France.
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ABSTRACTOptically clear gels doped with organic molecules are prepared in the zirconia-silica system by hydrolysis of metal alkoxides in a wet atmosphere. After drying, dense xerogels are obtained which exhibit a closed porosity. By using the same route, organic-inorganic hybrid xerogels are also produced as films.The molecule-matrix interactions are evaluated from the absorption recovery times of the S0→S1 transition for triphenylmethane dyes. Concerning doped xerogels with other organic molecules having polar groups, the application of the strong polarized electric field of an ultrashort optical pulse allows to locally create a birefringence with a memory effect. This type of sample could be used for optical storage and treatment of information.
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Demongeot C, Moulonguet I, Georges P, Bagot M, Flageul B. Sarcoïdose gastrique révélée par une sarcoïdose cutanée folliculaire. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2011; 138:116-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2010.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2010] [Revised: 09/07/2010] [Accepted: 10/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ramirez LP, Papadopoulos DN, Pellegrina A, Georges P, Druon F, Monot P, Ricci A, Jullien A, Chen X, Rousseau JP, Lopez-Martens R. Efficient cross polarized wave generation for compact, energy-scalable, ultrashort laser sources. Opt Express 2011; 19:93-98. [PMID: 21263545 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.000093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The generation of high contrast and ultrashort laser pulses via a compact and energy-scalable cross polarized wave filter is presented. The setup incorporates a waveguide spatial filter into a single crystal XPW configuration, enabling high energy and high intensity transmission, efficient contrast enhancement and pulse shortening at the multi-mJ level. Excellent XPW conversion of up to 33% (global efficiency: 20%, intensity transmission: 40%) led to an output energy of 650 µJ for an input of 3.3 mJ. Additionally, efficient conversion under specific input phase conditions, allowed pulse shortening from 25 fs to 9.6 fs, indicating the prospective application of this setup as a high energy, ultrabroad laser source.
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- L P Ramirez
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Palaiseau, France.
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Dewasme L, Richelle A, Dehottay P, Georges P, Remy M, Bogaerts P, Vande Wouwer A. Linear robust control of S. cerevisiae fed-batch cultures at different scales. Biochem Eng J 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ricaud S, Papadopoulos DN, Camy P, Doualan JL, Moncorgé R, Courjaud A, Mottay E, Georges P, Druon F. Highly efficient, high-power, broadly tunable, cryogenically cooled and diode-pumped Yb:CaF2. Opt Lett 2010; 35:3757-3759. [PMID: 21081987 DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.003757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We present a high-power diode-pumped Yb:CaF(2) laser operating at cryogenic temperature (77 K). A laser output power of 97 W at 1034 nm was extracted for a pump power of 245 W. The corresponding global extraction efficiency (versus absorbed pump power) is 65%. The laser small signal gain was found to be equal to 3.1. The laser wavelength could be tuned between 990 and 1052 nm with peaks that correspond well to the structure of the gain cross-section spectra registered at low temperature.
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- S Ricaud
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique (LCFIO), UMR 8501CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, RD 128 Campus Polytechnique, 91127 Palaiseau, France.
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Barbier D, Perrine D, Georges P, Doublet R. Evaluation du risque parasitaire lié à l'utilisation agricole des boues et résiduaires. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1051/water/19892001103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Perrine D, Barbier D, Georges P, Langlais B. Cinétique d'action du chlore et de l'ozone sur les trophozoïtes et les kystes d'amibes libres des genres Naegleria et Acanthamoeba. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1051/water/19902101113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Georges P, Kremer Y, Ledent M, Lechat JP, De Kock M. Does the KCE restrictive policy for preoperative testing lead to increased postoperative complications rate? Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 2010; 61:5-11. [PMID: 20593638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The majority of the industrialized country tries to contain the health care costs. One of the solutions applied was to restrict preoperative routine testing. To determine whether such policy was safe for the patient, we conducted a retrospective study related to 659 women, classified ASA 1 or 2, admitted for gynaecological surgery. In this study we have not observed an increased complications rate related to this restrictive policy. We conclude that for the population selected, the KCE recommendations for preoperative testing are secure and do not induce an increased postoperative complications rate.
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- P Georges
- Department of Anaesthesiology, St-Luc Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
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Druon F, Papadopoulos DN, Boudeile J, Hanna M, Georges P, Benayad A, Camy P, Doualan JL, Ménard V, Moncorgé R. Mode-locked operation of a diode-pumped femtosecond Yb:SrF2 laser. Opt Lett 2009; 34:2354-2356. [PMID: 19649095 DOI: 10.1364/ol.34.002354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Femtosecond mode-locked operation is demonstrated for the first time, to our knowledge, with a Yb:SrF(2) crystal. The shortest pulse duration is 143 fs for an average power of 450 mW. The highest average power is 620 mW for a pulse duration of 173 fs. Since Yb:SrF(2) corresponds to the longest-lifetime Yb-doped crystal with which the mode-locking operation has been achieved, a detailed analysis is carried out to characterize the quality of the solitonlike regime.
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- F Druon
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, RD 128 Campus Polytechnique, 91127 Palaiseau, France.
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Paurisse M, Hanna M, Druon F, Georges P, Bellanger C, Brignon A, Huignard JP. Phase and amplitude control of a multimode LMA fiber beam by use of digital holography. Opt Express 2009; 17:13000-13008. [PMID: 19654704 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.013000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Amplitude and phase control of the output beam of a multimode LMA fiber supporting 4 modes is demonstrated by digital holography in both continuous and ns pulsed regimes at 1064 nm. Our system allows dynamic compensation of beam pointing instabilities, external perturbations introducing low order aberrations and fluctuations of the relative phase of the modes supported by the fiber.
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- M Paurisse
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, Campus Polytechnique, RD. 128 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
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Friebel F, Druon F, Boudeile J, Papadopoulos DN, Hanna M, Georges P, Camy P, Doualan JL, Benayad A, Moncorgé R, Cassagne C, Boudebs G. Diode-pumped 99 fs Yb:CaF2 oscillator. Opt Lett 2009; 34:1474-1476. [PMID: 19412310 DOI: 10.1364/ol.34.001474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We demonstrate the generation of 99 fs pulses by a mode-locked laser oscillator built around a Yb:CaF(2) crystal. An average power of 380 mW for a 13 nm bandwidth spectrum centered at 1053 nm is obtained. The short-pulse operation is achieved thanks to a saturable absorber mirror and is stabilized by the Kerr lens effect. We investigated the limits of the stabilization process and observed a regime slowly oscillating between mode locking and Q switching.
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- F Friebel
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, RD 128 91127 Palaiseau, France
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Papadopoulos DN, Druon F, Boudeile J, Martial I, Hanna M, Georges P, Petit PO, Goldner P, Viana B. Low-repetition-rate femtosecond operation in extended-cavity mode-locked Yb:CALGO laser. Opt Lett 2009; 34:196-198. [PMID: 19148253 DOI: 10.1364/ol.34.000196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report on an extended-cavity mode-locked laser based on an Yb:CALGO crystal operating either at 27 MHz and 93 fs pulse duration or at 15 MHz and 170 fs duration single-pulse regime. To the best of our knowledge this is the first demonstration of an extended-cavity oscillator based on Yb-doped crystal producing sub-100 fs pulses. The pulse energy was 24 nJ directly at the output of the oscillator (and 17 nJ after compression). Based on a similar design, we also demonstrate an unprecedented double-pulse dual-wavelength femtosecond regime. An explanation of this atypical regime is proposed.
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- D N Papadopoulos
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Palaiseau, France.
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Boudeile J, Didierjean J, Camy P, Doualan JL, Benayad A, Ménard V, Moncorgé R, Druon F, Balembois F, Georges P. Thermal behaviour of ytterbium-doped fluorite crystals under high power pumping. Opt Express 2008; 16:10098-10109. [PMID: 18607417 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.010098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We report an in situ thermal study of Yb-doped fluorite crystals Yb:CaF(2) and Yb:SrF(2) under high power pumping, with or without laser operation. The experiment combines simultaneously thermography and measurement of the thermal aberrations. This setup allows us to measure temperature gradients, thermal lens, and absorption coefficients. From these measurements, we evaluate the thermal conductivity, fractional thermal load, and thermo-optic coefficient. Great differences are observed between the lasing and non lasing regimes. Our measured thermal lenses are greater than what are expected from the thermo-optic parameters found in previous work. Based on this thermal study, we design a laser cavity operating with large output power and TEM(00), leading to better performances for Yb:CaF(2) than Yb:SrF(2).
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- J Boudeile
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud,Campus Polytechnique, RD 128,91127 Palaiseau Cedex.
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Papadopoulos DN, Martial I, Hanna M, Druon F, Georges P. 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; 33:1431-1433. [PMID: 18594655 DOI: 10.1364/ol.33.001431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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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.
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- D N Papadopoulos
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, 91127 Palaiseau, France.
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Sy I, Diawara L, Ngabo D, Barbier D, Dreyfuss G, Georges P. [Schistosomiasis in school children in the Bandafassi region of East Senegal]. Med Trop (Mars) 2008; 68:267-271. [PMID: 18689319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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This epidemiological study was conducted to evaluate the incidence of intestinal and urinary schistosomiasis in children from 6 to 14 years old in the district of Bandafassi of east Senegal. The stools of 505 children from 10 villages were examined. In addition water holes that might serve as biotopes for the intermediate host snails, i.e., Biomphalaria sp. and Bulinus sp., were located and tested. Findings demonstrated the existence of permanent foci of S. mansoni deep within the bush of the Bandafassi district. Sporadic distribution of praziquantel has been effective but not sufficient to eradicate permanent S. mansoni foci in test sites.
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- I Sy
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie, EA 3174, Faculté de Pharmacie, 2 Rue Docteur Marcland, 87025, Limoges Cedex
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