Compact OPCPA system generating CEP-stabilized two-cycle pulses with repetition rates up to 500 kHz

Author

Schultze, Marcel ; Binhammer, Thomas ; Emons, Moritz ; Lang, Tino ; Morgner, Uwe

Author_Institution

Inst. of Quantum Opt., Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) systems are routinely used to generate highly intense, few-cycle laser pulses. In this contribution, we present a compact two-stage parametric amplification scheme generating pulses with up to 3 μJ of energy, duration below 6 fs, and high repetition rates between 100 and 500 kHz. Additionally, the pulses are stabilized with respect to their carrier envelope phase (CEP).

Keywords

amplification; chirp modulation; laser stability; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; carrier envelope phase stabilized two-cycle pulses; compact OPCPA system; compact two-stage parametric amplification; few-cycle laser pulses; frequency 100 kHz to 500 kHz; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; pulse repetition rates; Broadband amplifiers; Chirp; Interference; Lasers; Optical pulses; Oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942800

Filename

5942800