• DocumentCode
    688994
  • Title

    Millijoule-level parametric synthesizer generating two-octave-wide optical waveforms for strong-field experiments

  • Author

    Mucke, Oliver D. ; Shaobo Fang ; Cirmi, Giovanni ; Chia, Shih-Hsuan ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Manzoni, Cristian ; Farinello, Paolo ; Cerullo, Giulio

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Free-Electron Laser Sci., Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a phase-stable, 3-channel parametric synthesizer generating a 2-octave-wide spectrum (0.52-2.4μm). After two amplification stages, the combined 125-μJ output supports 1.9-fs waveforms. The third stage of the IR degenerate OPA yields 1.7-mJ octave-spanning spectra.
  • Keywords
    optical parametric amplifiers; 3-channel parametric synthesizer; IR degenerate OPA; amplification stages; energy 1.7 mJ; energy 125 muJ; millijoule-level parametric synthesizer; octave-spanning spectra; phase-stable parametric synthesizer; strong-field experiment; time 1.9 fs; two-octave-wide optical waveform generation; wavelength 0.52 mum to 2.4 mum; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission; Synthesizers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833374