Mid-IR short-pulse OPCPA with micro-Joule energy at 100kHz

Chalus, Olivier; Bates, Philip K.; Smolarski, Mathias; Biegert, J.

doi:10.1364/oe.17.003587

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“…In the following, we report on an OPCPA, seeded by a compact fiber-format oscillator, which generates CEP-stable pulses in the mid-IR, tunable between 3 and 4 μm, at repetition rates as high as 100 kHz. Systems based on similar architectures have been reported by Chalus et al [112] and by Erny et al [113]. A schematic of the experimental setup is shown in Fig.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…The OPCPA consists of two stages, both using MgO:PPLN crystals, and produces 100 mW average power, corresponding to 1 μJ per pulse. The pulses are compressed by Chalus et al [112] using a Martinez-type pulse stretcher with a pair of gold-coated reflection gratings, and by Erny et al [113] with a Brewster-angled silicon prism sequence, which corrects both second and third order dispersion introduced by the stretcher but has a lower throughput. Figure 19 shows an example of a pulse at 3.2 μm, fully characterized in amplitude and phase by Chalus et al [112] …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Unlike the IR OPCPA [112,113] counterpart pumped with narrowband highly-multi-cycle ps kHz pump pulses, the fs-pulse-pumped OPA technology offers accessible means for combining the signal and the idler waves into a single fully reproducible waveform. The main advantages of fs OPA pumping are straightforward CEP stabilization and avoidance of separate high-loss grating-based pulse compressors for the individual OPA waves.…”

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One of the most advanced frontiers of ultrafast optics is the control of carrier-envelope phase (CEP) φ of light pulses, which enables the generation of optical waveforms with reproducible electric field profile. Such control is important for pulses with few-optical-cycle duration, for which a CEP variation produces a strong change in the waveform, so that strongly nonlinear optical phenomena, such as multiphoton absorption, above-threshold ionization and high-harmonic generation become CEP-dependent. In particular, CEP control is the prerequisite for the production of isolated attosecond pulses. Standard laser systems generate pulses that are CEP unstable; the CEP can be stabilized using either active or passive methods. Passive, all-optical schemes rely on differencefrequency generation (DFG) between two pulses sharing the same CEP: in this process the phases of the two pulses add up with opposite signs, leading to cancellation of the shot-to-shot CEP fluctuations. This paper presents an overview of passive CEP stabilization schemes, starting from the basic concepts and progressing to the details of the practical implementations of the idea. The passive approach allows the generation of CEP-controlled few-optical-cycle pulses covering a very broad range of parameters in terms of carrier frequency (from visible to mid-IR), energy (up to several mJs) and repetition rate (up to hundreds of kHz).

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“…As an example, using a commercial fiber laser with two outputs tailored for DFG, an output of 1.6 mW at a repetition rate of 100 MHz and with high quan-505 tum efficiency has been obtained [162] using Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate (PPLN). The spectrum spanned from 3-4 microns (at 1/e 2 ).…”

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Ultrashort pulse generation in the mid-IR

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Recent developments in laser sources operating in the mid-IR (3 -8 µm), have been motivated by the numerous possibilities for both fundamental and applied research. One example is the ability to unambiguously detect pollutants and carcinogens due to the much larger oscillator strengths of their absorption features in the mid-IR spectral region compared with the visible. Broadband sources are of particular interest for spectroscopic applications since they remove the need for arduous scanning or several lasers and allow simultaneous use of multiple absorption features thus increasing the confidence level of detection. In addition, sources capable of producing ultrashort and intense mid-IR radiation are gaining relevance in attoscience and strong-field physics due to wavelength scaling of re-collision based processes. In this paper we review the state-of-the-art in sources of coherent, pulsed mid-IR radiation. First we discuss semi-conductor based sources which are compact and turnkey, but typically do not yield short pulse duration. Mid-IR laser gain material based approaches will be discussed, either for direct broadband mid-IR lasers or as narrowband pump lasers for parametric amplification in nonlinear crystals. The main part will focus on mid-IR generation and amplification based on parametric frequency conversion, enabling highest mid-IR peak power pulses. Lastly we close with an overview of nonlinear post-compression techniques, for decreasing pulse duration to the sub-2-optical-cycle regime.

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“…Our source is a combination of a state-of-the-art, mid-IR optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) [14][15][16] with a high-efficiency, cascaded up-conversion chain (setup shown in Fig. 1).…”

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Many experimental investigations demand synchronized pulses at various wavelengths, ideally with very short pulse duration and high repetition rate. Here we describe a femtosecond multi-color optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) with simultaneous outputs from the deep-UV to the mid-IR with optical synchronization. The high repetition rate of 160 kHz is well suited to compensate for low interaction probability or low cross section in strong-field interactions. Our source features high peak powers in the tens to hundreds of MW regime with pulse durations below 110 fs, which is ideal for pump-probe experiments of nonlinear and strong-field physics. We demonstrate its utility by strong-field ionization experiments of xenon in the near-to mid-IR.

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Mid-IR short-pulse OPCPA with micro-Joule energy at 100kHz

Cited by 106 publications

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Few‐optical‐cycle light pulses with passive carrier‐envelope phase stabilization

Few‐optical‐cycle light pulses with passive carrier‐envelope phase stabilization

Ultrashort pulse generation in the mid-IR

High power multi-color OPCPA source with simultaneous femtosecond deep-UV to mid-IR outputs

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