Multi-octave, CEP-stable source for high-energy field synthesis

Alismail A, Wang H, Barbiero G, Altwaijry N, Hussain SA, Pervak V, Schweinberger W, Azzeer AM, Krausz F, Fattahi H (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Science Advances American Association for the Advancement of Science

Book Volume: 6

Article Number: eaax3408

Journal Issue: 7

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax3408

Abstract

The development of high-energy, high-power, multi-octave light transients is currently the subject of intense research driven by emerging applications in attosecond spectroscopy and coherent control. We report on a phase-stable, multi-octave source based on a Yb:YAG amplifier for light transient generation. We demonstrate the amplification of a two-octave spectrum to 25 μJ of energy in two broadband amplification channels and their temporal compression to 6 and 18 fs at 1 and 2 μm, respectively. In this scheme, due to the intrinsic temporal synchronization between the pump and seed pulses, the temporal jitter is restricted to long-term drift. We show that the intrinsic stability of the synthesizer allows subcycle detection of an electric field at 0.15 PHz. The complex electric field of the 0.15-PHz pulses and their free induction decay after interaction with water molecules are resolved by electro-optic sampling over 2 ps. The scheme is scalable in peak and average power.

Involved external institutions

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) DE Germany (DE) King Saud University (KSU) / جامعة الملك سعود‎‎ SA Saudi Arabia (SA)

How to cite

APA:

Alismail, A., Wang, H., Barbiero, G., Altwaijry, N., Hussain, S.A., Pervak, V.,... Fattahi, H. (2020). Multi-octave, CEP-stable source for high-energy field synthesis. Science Advances, 6(7). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax3408

MLA:

Alismail, Ayman, et al. "Multi-octave, CEP-stable source for high-energy field synthesis." Science Advances 6.7 (2020).

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