Sub-5-fs multi-TW optical parametric synthesizer

Author

Veisz, L. ; Rivas, D. ; Marcus, G. ; Gu, Xingfa ; Cardenas, Daniel ; Mikhailova, J. ; Buck, A. ; Wittmann, T. ; Sears, C.M.S. ; Xu, Jie ; Herrmann, D. ; Razskazovskaya, O. ; Pervak, V. ; Krausz, F.

Author_Institution

Max-Planck-Inst. fur Quantenopt., Garching, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The endeavour of generating shorter and shorter light pulses lead to the optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) technique, which provides considerable broader gain bandwidth corresponding to a pulse duration of one to three optical cycles. Systems with such a short duration and multi-terawatt to petawatt power levels provide a unique tool for attosecond [1] and laser-plasma physics [2]. This way the generation of single attosecond pulses with unprecedented energy opens up the route to nonlinear X-ray science.

Keywords

amplification; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; laser-plasma physics; multiTW optical parametric synthesizer; multiterawatt-petawatt power levels; nonlinear X-ray science; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; shorter light pulse generation; single attosecond pulse generation; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801143

Filename

6801143