High repetition rate two-color pump-probe system directly pumped by a femtosecond ytterbium oscillator

Author

Manzoni, C. ; Osellame, R. ; Marangoni, M. ; Cerullo, G. ; Schultze, M. ; Morgner, U.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fis., ULTRAS-CNR-INFM, Milan, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this work, we demonstrate that optical parametric generation (OPG) is a simple and powerful technique for the generation of broadly tunable pulses at 1 MHz repetition rate; our system enables performing high sensitivity two-color pump-probe experiments in the near-IR spectral range, with a compact and low-cost setup. The experimental apparatus starts with a diode-pumped Yb:KYW oscillator equipped with an electro-optic cavity dumper which allows for the extraction of 350-fs, 1.5-muJ pulses at 1030 nm and repetition rates up to 1 MHz.

Keywords

electro-optical devices; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; KYW:Yb; OPG; broadly tunable pulse generation; diode-pumped oscillator; direct-pumped femtosecond ytterbium oscillator; electro-optic cavity dumper; energy 1.5 muJ; high-repetition rate laser system; high-sensitivity two-color pump-probe system; near-IR spectral range; optical parametric generation; time 350 fs; wavelength 1030 nm; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics; Ytterbium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196471

Filename

5196471