Carrier-envelope-phase-stable, 1.2 mJ, 1.5 cycle laser pulses at 2.1 μm

被引:144
作者
Deng, Yunpei [1 ]
Schwarz, Alexander [1 ]
Fattahi, Hanieh [1 ]
Ueffing, Moritz [1 ]
Gu, Xun [1 ]
Ossiander, Marcus [1 ,2 ]
Metzger, Thomas [1 ]
Pervak, Volodymyr [3 ]
Ishizuki, Hideki [4 ]
Taira, Takunori [4 ]
Kobayashi, Takayoshi [5 ,6 ]
Marcus, Gilad [1 ,7 ]
Krausz, Ferenc [1 ]
Kienberger, Reinhard [1 ,2 ]
Karpowicz, Nicholas [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Quantum Opt, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[2] Tech Univ Munich, Dept Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[3] Univ Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[4] Natl Inst Nat Sci, Inst Mol Sci, Okazaki, Aichi 4448585, Japan
[5] Univ Electrocommun, Adv Ultrafast Laser Res Ctr, Chofu, Tokyo 1828585, Japan
[6] Japan Sci & Technol Agcy JST, Core Res Evolut Sci & Technol CREST, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo 1020075, Japan
[7] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Benin Sch Engn & Comp Sci, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel
基金
日本科学技术振兴机构;
关键词
OPTICAL PARAMETRIC-AMPLIFIER; HARMONIC-GENERATION; ATTOSECOND PULSES; AMPLIFICATION; REGIME; ULTRABROADBAND; STABILIZATION; 2.1-MU-M;
D O I
10.1364/OL.37.004973
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We produce 1.5 cycle (10.5 fs), 1.2 mJ, 3 kHz carrier-envelope-phase-stable pulses at 2.1 mu m carrier wavelength, from a three-stage optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier system, pumped by an optically synchronized 1.6 ps Yb:YAG thin disk laser. A chirped periodically poled lithium niobate crystal is used to generate the ultrabroad spectrum needed for a 1.5 cycle pulse through difference frequency mixing of spectrally broadened pulse from a Ti:sapphire amplifier. It will be an ideal tool for producing isolated attosecond pulses with high photon energies. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America
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页码:4973 / 4975
页数:3
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