49 W carrier-envelope-phase-stable few-cycle 2.1 µm OPCPA at 10 kHz
Abstract
We demonstrate a mid-infrared optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA), delivering 2.1 µm center wavelength pulses with 20 fs duration and 4.9 mJ energy at 10 kHz repetition rate. This self-seeded system is based on a kW-class Yb:YAG thin-disk amplifier driving a CEP stable short-wavelength-infrared (SWIR) generation and three consecutive OPCPA stages. Our SWIR source achieves an average power of 49 W, while still maintaining excellent phase and average power stability with sub-100 mrad carrier-envelope-phase-noise and 0.8% average power fluctuations. These parameters enable the OPCPA setup to drive attosecond pump probe spectroscopy experiments with photon energies in the water window.
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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- USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1989522
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- OSTI ID: 1999590
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- SC0063; AC02-76SF00515
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- Published Article
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- Optics Express
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- Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Volume: 31 Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
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- Optical Society of America
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- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
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Seeger, Maximilian F., Kammerer, Dominik, Blöchl, Johannes, Neuhaus, Marcel, Pervak, Vladimir, Nubbemeyer, Thomas, and Kling, Matthias F. 49 W carrier-envelope-phase-stable few-cycle 2.1 µm OPCPA at 10 kHz. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1364/OE.493326.
Seeger, Maximilian F., Kammerer, Dominik, Blöchl, Johannes, Neuhaus, Marcel, Pervak, Vladimir, Nubbemeyer, Thomas, & Kling, Matthias F. 49 W carrier-envelope-phase-stable few-cycle 2.1 µm OPCPA at 10 kHz. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.493326
Seeger, Maximilian F., Kammerer, Dominik, Blöchl, Johannes, Neuhaus, Marcel, Pervak, Vladimir, Nubbemeyer, Thomas, and Kling, Matthias F. Wed .
"49 W carrier-envelope-phase-stable few-cycle 2.1 µm OPCPA at 10 kHz". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.493326.
@article{osti_1989522,
title = {49 W carrier-envelope-phase-stable few-cycle 2.1 µm OPCPA at 10 kHz},
author = {Seeger, Maximilian F. and Kammerer, Dominik and Blöchl, Johannes and Neuhaus, Marcel and Pervak, Vladimir and Nubbemeyer, Thomas and Kling, Matthias F.},
abstractNote = {We demonstrate a mid-infrared optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA), delivering 2.1 µm center wavelength pulses with 20 fs duration and 4.9 mJ energy at 10 kHz repetition rate. This self-seeded system is based on a kW-class Yb:YAG thin-disk amplifier driving a CEP stable short-wavelength-infrared (SWIR) generation and three consecutive OPCPA stages. Our SWIR source achieves an average power of 49 W, while still maintaining excellent phase and average power stability with sub-100 mrad carrier-envelope-phase-noise and 0.8% average power fluctuations. These parameters enable the OPCPA setup to drive attosecond pump probe spectroscopy experiments with photon energies in the water window.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.493326},
journal = {Optics Express},
number = 15,
volume = 31,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Wed Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
}
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.493326
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