Open AccessSub-4 fs laser pulses at high average power and high repetition rate from an all-solid-state setup
Author(s) -
ChihHsuan Lu,
Tobias Witting,
Anton Husakou,
Marc J. J. Vrakking,
A. H. Kung,
Federico J. Furch
Publication year - 2018
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.26.008941
Subject(s) - optics , laser , materials science , octave (electronics) , amplifier , carrier envelope phase , pulse compression , wavelength , attosecond , optical parametric amplifier , interferometry , ultrashort pulse , physics , optical amplifier , optoelectronics , telecommunications , radar , cmos , computer science
The generation of high average power, carrier-envelope phase (CEP) stable, near-single-cycle pulses at a repetition rate of 100 kHz is demonstrated using an all solid-state setup. By exploiting self-phase modulation in thin quartz plates and air, the spectrum of intense pulses from a high-power, high repetition rate non-collinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (NOPCPA) is extended to beyond one octave, and pulse compression down to 3.7 fs is achieved. The octave-spanning spectrum furthermore allows performing straightforward f-to-2f interferometry by frequency-doubling the long-wavelength part of the spectrum. Excellent CEP-stability is demonstrated for extended periods of time. A full spatio-spectral characterization of the compressed pulses shows only minor asymmetries between the two perpendicular beam axes. We believe that the completed system represents the first laser system satisfying all requirements for performing high repetition rate attosecond pump-probe experiments with fully correlated detection of all ions and electrons produced in the experiment.