Generation of carrier-envelope-phase-stable 2-cycle 740-microJ pulses at 2.1-microm carrier wavelength

Opt Express. 2009 Jan 5;17(1):62-9. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.000062.

Abstract

We produce carrier-envelope-phase-stable 15.7-fs (2-cycle) 740-microJ pulses at the 2.1-microm carrier wavelength, from a three-stage optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier system, pumped by an optically synchronized 49-ps 11-mJ Nd:YLF laser. A novel seed pulse spectral shaping method is used to ascertain the true amplified seed energy and the parametric superfluorescence levels.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aluminum Oxide
  • Computer Simulation
  • Equipment Design
  • Fluorescence
  • Kinetics
  • Krypton
  • Lasers
  • Light
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
  • Time

Substances

  • Krypton
  • Aluminum Oxide