Open AccessSimultaneous compression, characterization and phase stabilization of GW-level 14 cycle VIS-NIR femtosecond pulses using a single dispersion-scan setup
Author(s) -
Francisco Silva,
Miguel Miranda,
Benjamín González Alonso,
J. Rauschenberger,
Vladimir Pervak,
Helder Crespo
Publication year - 2014
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.22.010181
Subject(s) - optics , materials science , femtosecond , dispersion (optics) , attosecond , carrier envelope phase , laser , ultrashort pulse , bandwidth limited pulse , interferometry , phase (matter) , pulse compression , pulse duration , physics , telecommunications , radar , quantum mechanics , computer science
We have temporally characterized, dispersion compensated and carrier-envelope phase stabilized 1.4-cycle pulses (3.2 fs) with 160 µJ of energy at 722 nm using a minimal and convenient dispersion-scan setup. The setup is all inline, does not require interferometric beamsplitting, and uses components available in most laser laboratories. Broadband minimization of third-order dispersion using propagation in water enabled reducing the compressed pulse duration from 3.8 to 3.2 fs with the same set of chirped mirrors. Carrier-envelope phase stabilization of the octave-spanning pulses was also performed by the dispersion-scan setup. This unprecedentedly simple and reliable approach provides reproducible CEP-stabilized pulses in the single-cycle regime for applications such as CEP-sensitive spectroscopy and isolated attosecond pulse generation.