High-fidelity front-end for high-power, high temporal quality few-cycle lasers

Autor: A. Ricci, Jean-Philippe Rousseau, Dimitris N. Papadopoulos, Patrick Georges, F. Druon, Alain Pellegrina, Lourdes Patricia Ramirez, Rodrigo Lopez-Martens, X. Chen, Aurélie Jullien
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire d'optique appliquée (LOA), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de la Lumiére Extrême (ILE), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Thales Optronique SA, Laser Solutions Unit, Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa, Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique (LCFIO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Applied Physics B-Laser and Optics
Applied Physics B-Laser and Optics, Springer Verlag, 2011, 102 (4), pp.769-774. ⟨10.1007/s00340-010-4201-9⟩
ISSN: 0946-2171
Popis: International audience; A 80 μJ, 6 fs, CEP-stable high-contrast injector is demonstrated. The device relies on standard pulse post-compression in hollow-core fiber followed by a temporal filter based on cross-polarized wave generation. Pulses with a Gaussian spectrum over 350 nm, centered at 750 nm, are generated. Temporal measurements show that the contrast of the few-cycle pulses is enhanced on a femtosecond and picosecond time scale. The carrier-envelope phase stability is preserved (0.3 rad RMS). These performances make the system an ideal seed laser for high-power, high-contrast OPCPA systems.
Databáze: OpenAIRE