Micro-joule energy, mid-IR pulses with 9-cycle duration from a 100 kHz OPCPA source

Author

Chalus, Olivier ; Bates, Philip K. ; Smolarski, Mathias ; Biegert, Jens

Author_Institution

ICFO-Inst. de Cienc. Fotioniques, Castelldefels, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A novel mid-IR OPCPA source generates 9.0 cycle pulses (96 fs at 3.2 mum) with 1.2 muJ energy at 100 kHz, and is expected to be intrinsically CEP stable. The minimum Fourier transform limited pulse duration is 45 fs, or 4.2 cycles.

Keywords

Fourier transform optics; chirp modulation; laser stability; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; CEP; Fourier transform; OPCPA source; carrier envelope phase; energy 1.2 muJ; frequency 100 kHz; microjoule energy mid-IR pulse generation; optical parametric chirped-pulse-amplification; optical pulse duration; time 45 fs; time 96 fs; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics; 190.4360 (Nonlinear optics, devices); 190.4970 (Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers); 190.7110 (Nonlinear optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics); 320.5550 (Ultrafast optics : Pulses);

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

5225516