Title :
Multimillijoule sub-optical-cycle parametric waveform synthesis for attosecond science
Author :
Cirmi, Giovanni ; Shaobo Fang ; Shih-Hsuan Chia ; Mucke, Oliver D. ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Manzoni, Cristian ; Farinello, Paolo ; Cerullo, Giulio
Author_Institution :
Center for Free-Electron Laser Sci., Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
We present a phase-stable, multi-mJ 3-channel parametric synthesizer generating 2-octave-wide waveforms (0.52-2.4 μm). After two amplification stages, the combined 125-μJ output supports 1.9-fs waveforms. The energy is scaled to 2 mJ after three amplification stages.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric amplifiers; 2-octave-wide waveforms; amplification; attosecond science; energy 125 muJ; multimillijoule sub-optical-cycle parametric waveform synthesis; phase-stable 3-channel parametric synthesizer; time 1.9 fs; wavelength 0.52 mum to 2.4 mum; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission; Synthesizers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656368
