10 W CEP-stable few-cycle source at 2 µm with 100 kHz repetition rate

  • M. Neuhaus
  • , H. Fuest
  • , M. Seeger
  • , J. Schötz
  • , M. Trubetskov
  • , P. Russbueldt
  • , H. D. Hoffmann
  • , E. Riedle
  • , Z. S. Major
  • , V. Pervak
  • , M. F. Kling
  • , P. Wnuk

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Abstract

We developed a high repetition rate optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) laser system based on fiber-laser-seeded Innoslab to generate few-cycle pulses around 2 µm with passively stable carrier-envelope phase (CEP) by difference frequency generation (DFG). Incorporating a piezo mirror before the DFG stage permits rapid CEP control. The OPCPA system is seeded by a stable supercontinuum generated in bulk material with the picosecond Innoslab pulses. Few-cycle pulses with durations of 17 fs and energies of over 100 μJ were produced in a single OPCPA stage. Three different nonlinear crystals: BBO, BiBO, and LNB were tested in the final parametric amplifier, and their average power related limitations are addressed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16074-16085
Number of pages12
JournalOptics Express
Volume26
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jun 2018
Externally publishedYes

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