Open Access40-µJ passively CEP-stable seed source for ytterbium-based high-energy optical waveform synthesizers
Author(s) -
Hüseyin Çankaya,
Anne-Laure Calendron,
Chun Zhou,
Shih Hsuan Chia,
Oliver D. Mücke,
Giovanni Cirmi,
Franz X. Kärtner
Publication year - 2016
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.24.025169
Subject(s) - optical parametric amplifier , optics , ytterbium , regenerative amplification , optical amplifier , physics , waveform , amplifier , materials science , laser , optoelectronics , voltage , cmos , quantum mechanics
We demonstrate experimentally for the first time a ~40-µJ two-octave-wide passively carrier-envelope phase (CEP)-stable parametric front-end for seeding an ytterbium (Yb)-pump-based, few-optical-cycle, high-energy optical parametric waveform synthesizer. The system includes a CEP-stable white-light continuum and two-channel optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers (OPCPAs) in the near- and mid-infrared spectral regions spanning altogether a two-octave-wide spectrum driven by a regenerative amplifier. The output pulses are compressed and fully characterized to demonstrate the well-behaved spectral phase of this seed source.