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90 GW peak power few-cycle mid-infrared pulses from an optical parametric amplifier
Giedrius Andriukaitis,T. Balčiūnas,Skirmantas Alisauskas,Audrius Pugžlys,Andrius Baltuška,Tenio Popmintchev,Ming-Chang Chen,Margaret M. Murnane,Henry C. Kapteyn +8 more
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A compact 20 Hz repetition-rate mid-IR OPCPA system operating at a central wavelength of 3900 nm with the tail-to-tail spectrum extending over 600 nm and delivering 8 mJ pulses that are compressed to 83 fs opens a range of unprecedented opportunities for tabletop ultrafast science.Abstract:
We demonstrate a compact 20 Hz repetition-rate mid-IR OPCPA system operating at a central wavelength of 3900 nm with the tail-to-tail spectrum extending over 600 nm and delivering 8 mJ pulses that are compressed to 83 fs (<7 optical cycles). Because of the long optical period (∼13 fs) and a high peak power, the system opens a range of unprecedented opportunities for tabletop ultrafast science and is particularly attractive as a driver for a highly efficient generation of ultrafast coherent x-ray continua for biomolecular and element specific imaging.read more
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Near- and Extended-Edge X-Ray-Absorption Fine-Structure Spectroscopy Using Ultrafast Coherent High-Order Harmonic Supercontinua
Dimitar Popmintchev,Benjamin R. Galloway,Ming-Chang Chen,Franklin Dollar,Christopher A. Mancuso,Amelia Hankla,Luis Miaja-Avila,Galen C. O'Neil,Justin M. Shaw,Guangyu Fan,Skirmantas Alisauskas,Giedrius Andriukaitis,Tadas Balciunas,Oliver D. Mücke,Audrius Pugzlys,Andrius Baltuška,Henry C. Kapteyn,Tenio Popmintchev,Margaret M. Murnane +18 more
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Single-pass high harmonic generation at high repetition rate and photon flux
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Ultrashort pulse generation in the mid-IR
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Multi-millijoule few-cycle mid-infrared pulses through nonlinear self-compression in bulk
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2-μm wavelength, high-energy Ho:YLF chirped-pulse amplifier for mid-infrared OPCPA
Michael Hemmer,D. Sánchez,Michal Jelínek,Vadim Smirnov,Helena Jelínková,Václav Kubeček,Jens Biegert +6 more
TL;DR: A 2-μm wavelength laser delivering up to 39-mJ energy, ∼10 ps duration pulses at 100-Hz repetition rate is reported, confirming high suitability for OPCPA and extreme nonlinear optics applications.
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Mid-IR short-pulse OPCPA with micro-Joule energy at 100kHz
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