15-fs, 1-µJ, 100-kHz pulses by direct seeding of a NOPA and its fiber pump by a CEP stabilized Ti:Sapphire oscillator

Author

Nillon, J. ; Montant, S. ; Boullet, J. ; Desmarchelier, R. ; Zaouter, Y. ; Cormier, E. ; Petit, S.

Author_Institution

Centre Lasers Intenses et Applic. (CELIA), Univ. de Bordeaux 1, Talence, France

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report on the direct seeding of a 7-fs Ti:sapphire oscillator into a fiber amplifier at 100-kHz repetition rate used for pumping a NOPA. 1-muJ pulses have been then recompressed down to 15-fs.

Keywords

laser stability; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; sapphire; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; CEP stabilisation; carrier envelope phase; direct seeding NOPA; energy 1 muJ; fiber amplifier; frequency 100 kHz; noncollinear optical parametric amplifier; optical parametric oscillator; optical pulse recompression; optical pumping; pulse repetition rate; time 15 fs; time 7 fs; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers; (140.0140) Lasers and laser optics; (140.3615) Lasers ytterbium; (140.7090) Ultrafast laser; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225470