Postcompression of picosecond pulses into the few-cycle regime

Opt Lett. 2020 May 1;45(9):2572-2575. doi: 10.1364/OL.388665.

Abstract

In this work, we demonstrate postcompression of 1.2 ps laser pulses to 13 fs via gas-based multipass spectral broadening. Our results yield a single-stage compression factor of about 40 at 200 W in-burst average power and a total compression factor >90 at reduced power. The employed scheme represents a route toward compact few-cycle sources driven by industrial-grade Yb:YAG lasers at high average power.