Open Access4-W, 100-kHz, few-cycle mid-infrared source with sub-100-mrad carrier-envelope phase noise
Author(s) -
Nicolas Thiré,
Raman Maksimenka,
Bálint Kiss,
Clément Ferchaud,
Pierre Bizouard,
Éric Cormier,
K. Osvay,
Nicolas Forget
Publication year - 2017
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.25.001505
Subject(s) - optics , carrier envelope phase , supercontinuum , materials science , amplifier , interferometry , regenerative amplification , phase noise , laser , optical amplifier , envelope (radar) , phase (matter) , frequency comb , optoelectronics , physics , optical fiber , telecommunications , photonic crystal fiber , radar , cmos , quantum mechanics , computer science
We demonstrate an optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier delivering 4-cycles (38-fs) pulses centered around 3.1 µm at 100-kHz repetition rate with an average power of 4 W and an undersampled single-shot carrier-envelope phase noise of 81 mrad recorded over 25 min. The amplifier is pumped by a ~1.1 ps, Yb-YAG, thin-disk regenerative amplifier and seeded with a supercontinuum generated in bulk YAG from the same pump pulses. Carrier-envelope phase stability is passively achieved through difference-frequency generation between pump and seed pulses. An additional active stabilization at 10 kHz combining 2f-to-f interferometry and a LiNbO 3 acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter achieves a record low phase noise.