Title :
9-cycle duration, micro-Joule energy, mid-IR pulses from a 100 kHz OPCPA
Author :
Chalus, Olivier ; Bates, Philip ; Smolarski, Mathias ; Biegert, Jens
Author_Institution :
ICFO-Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
The authors have devised a completely new source of ultrashort laser pulses (9 cycles) in the mid-IR (3.2 mum) with a repetition rate of 100 kHz. This novel design is compact, solid-state, solely based on OPCPA, and incorporates a fibre seeder as well as solid-state pump laser, thereby ensuring maximum reliability and hands-off operation. The pulse energy, measured after compression, is 1.2 muJ and already sufficient for some strong field experiment as well as spectroscopy.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; solid lasers; OPCPA; fibre seeder; frequency 100 kHz; microJoule energy; mid-infrared pulses; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; pulse compression; solid-state pump laser; ultrashort laser pulses; Energy measurement; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical design; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196472
