Open AccessHigh average and peak power few-cycle laser pulses delivered by fiber pumped OPCPA system
Author(s) -
Jan Rothhardt,
Steffen Hädrich,
Enrico Seise,
Manuel Krebs,
F. Tavella,
A. Willner,
S. Düsterer,
H. Schlarb,
J. Feldhaus,
Jens Limpert,
J. Roßbach,
Andreas Tünnermann
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.18.012719
Subject(s) - optics , materials science , fiber laser , laser , amplifier , power (physics) , laser power scaling , optoelectronics , physics , cmos , quantum mechanics
We report on a high power optical parametric amplifier delivering 8 fs pulses with 6 GW peak power. The system is pumped by a fiber amplifier and operated at 96 kHz repetition rate. The average output power is as high as 6.7 W, which is the highest average power few-cycle pulse laser reported so far. When stabilizing the seed oscillator, the system delivered carrier-envelop phase stable laser pulses. Furthermore, high harmonic generation up to the 33(th) order (21.8 nm) is demonstrated in a Krypton gas jet. In addition, the scalability of the presented laser system is discussed.