Carrier-envelope phase stable, 5.4 μj, broadband, mid-infrared pulse generation from a 1-ps, Yb:YAG thin-disk laser
Alismail A, Wang H, Altwaijry N, Fattahi H (2017)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2017
Journal
Book Volume: 56
Pages Range: 4990-4994
Journal Issue: 17
DOI: 10.1364/AO.56.004990
Abstract
We report on a simple scheme to generate broadband, μJ pulses centered at 2.1 μm with an intrinsic carrierenvelope phase (CEP) stability from the output of a Yb:YAG regenerative amplifier delivering 1-ps pulses with randomly varying CEP. To the best of our knowledge, the reported system has the highest optical-to-optical efficiency for converting 1-ps, 1 μm pulses to CEP stable, broadband, 2.1 μm pulses. The generated coherent light carries an energy of 5.4 μJ, at 5 kHz repetition rate, that can be scaled to higher energy or power by using a suitable front end, if required. The system is ideally suited for seeding broadband parametric amplifiers and multichannel synthesizers pumped by picosecond Yb-doped amplifiers, obviating the need for active timing synchronization. Alternatively, this scheme can be combined with high-power oscillators with tens of μJ energy to generate CEP stable, multioctave supercontinua, suitable for field-resolved and time-resolved spectroscopy.
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APA:
Alismail, A., Wang, H., Altwaijry, N., & Fattahi, H. (2017). Carrier-envelope phase stable, 5.4 μj, broadband, mid-infrared pulse generation from a 1-ps, Yb:YAG thin-disk laser. Applied Optics, 56(17), 4990-4994. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.56.004990
MLA:
Alismail, Ayman, et al. "Carrier-envelope phase stable, 5.4 μj, broadband, mid-infrared pulse generation from a 1-ps, Yb:YAG thin-disk laser." Applied Optics 56.17 (2017): 4990-4994.
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