High average and peak power few-cycle laser pulses delivered by fiber pumped OPCPA system

Opt Express. 2010 Jun 7;18(12):12719-26. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.012719.

Abstract

We report on a high power optical parametric amplifier delivering 8 fs pulses with 6 GW peak power. The system is pumped by a fiber amplifier and operated at 96 kHz repetition rate. The average output power is as high as 6.7 W, which is the highest average power few-cycle pulse laser reported so far. When stabilizing the seed oscillator, the system delivered carrier-envelop phase stable laser pulses. Furthermore, high harmonic generation up to the 33(th) order (21.8 nm) is demonstrated in a Krypton gas jet. In addition, the scalability of the presented laser system is discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't