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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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Generation of ultrashort pulses of electromagnetic radiation in the mid- and far-infrared ranges
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Wavelength scaling laws for high-order harmonic yield from atoms driven by mid- and long-wave infrared laser fields
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Intense infrared lasers for strong-field science
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High repetition rate, mJ-level, mid-IR OPCPA system
Michael Gerrity,Susannah Brown,Tenio Popmintchev,Margaret M. Murnane,Henry C. Kapteyn,Sterling Backus +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, a kHz repetition-rate mid-IR laser system based on OPCPA was proposed, optimized for soft x-ray high harmonic generation, with bandwidth compressible to <100fs.
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