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Seven-octave high-brightness and carrier-envelope-phase-stable light source
Ugaitz Elu,Luke Maidment,Lenard Vamos,Francesco Tani,David Novoa,Michael H. Frosz,Valeriy Badikov,Dmitrii Badikov,Valentin Petrov,Philip St. J. Russell,Philip St. J. Russell,Jens Biegert +11 more
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In this paper, a carrier-envelope-phase (CEP)-stable light source with simultaneous spectral coverage across seven optical octaves, from the ultraviolet (340 nm) into the terahertz (40,000) was presented.Abstract:
High-brightness sources of coherent and few-cycle-duration light waveforms with spectral coverage from the ultraviolet to the terahertz would offer unprecedented versatility and opportunities for a wide range of applications from bio-chemical sensing1 to time-resolved and nonlinear spectroscopy, and to attosecond light-wave electronics2,3. Combinations of various sources with frequency conversion4,5 and supercontinuum generation6–9 can provide relatively large spectral coverage, but many applications require a much broader spectral range10 and low-jitter synchronization for time-domain measurements11. Here, we present a carrier-envelope-phase (CEP)-stable light source, seeded by a mid-infrared frequency comb12,13, with simultaneous spectral coverage across seven optical octaves, from the ultraviolet (340 nm) into the terahertz (40,000 nm). Combining soliton self-compression and dispersive wave generation in an anti-resonant-reflection photonic-crystal fibre with intra-pulse difference frequency generation in BaGa2GeSe6, the spectral brightness is two to five orders of magnitude above that of synchrotron sources. This will enable high-dynamic-range spectroscopies and provide numerous opportunities in attosecond physics and material sciences14,15. Using a gas-filled anti-resonant-reflection photonic-crystal fibre, a high-brightness table-top source of coherent carrier-envelope-phase-stable waveforms is demonstrated across seven octaves (340 nm to 40,000 nm) with ultraviolet peak powers up to 2.5 MW and terahertz peak powers of 1.8 MW, without the need for changing nonlinear crystals.read more
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Recent advances in supercontinuum generation in specialty optical fibers [Invited]
Thibaut Sylvestre,Etienne Genier,Amar Nath Ghosh,Patrick Bowen,Goëry Genty,Johann Troles,Arnaud Mussot,Anna C. Peacock,Mariusz Klimczak,Alexander M. Heidt,John C. Travers,Ole Bang,John M. Dudley +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a selection of recent advances in supercontinuum (SC) generation in a range of specialty optical fibers, including fluoride, chalcogenide, telluride, and silicon-core fibers for the mid-infrared (MIR) region and in the ultraviolet (UV) down to 100 nm, were reviewed.
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Barium nonlinear optical crystals for the mid-IR: characterization and some applications
Valentin Petrov,Valeriy Badikov,Dmitrii Badikov,Kiyoshi Kato,Galina Shevyrdyaeva,Kentaro Miyata,Mark Mero,Li Wang,Zsuzsanna Heiner,Vladimir Panyutin +9 more
TL;DR: The linear and nonlinear optical properties of BaGa4S7, BaGa2GeS6, and BaGe2GeSe6 are reviewed in this paper, highlighting their potential for frequency downconversion of powerful laser sources from the near- to the mid-IR.
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Seven-Octave High-Brightness and Carrier Envelope Phase-Stable Light Source
Ugaitz Elu,Luke Maidment,Lenard Vamos,Francesco Tani,David Novoa,Michael H. Frosz,Valeriy Badikov,Dmitrii Badikov,Valentin Petrov,Philip St. J. Russell,Jens Biegert +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a carrier-envelope-phase stable light source with simultaneous spectral coverage across 7 optical octaves (UV to THz) by combining soliton self-compression, dispersive wave generation and intra-pulse difference frequency generation is presented.
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High-harmonic spectroscopy of quantum phase transitions in a high-Tc superconductor
Jordi Alcalà,Utso Bhattacharya,Jens Biegert,Marcelo F. Ciappina,Ugaitz Elu,Tobias Graß,Piotr T. Grochowski,Maciej Lewenstein,Anna Palau,Themistoklis P. H. Sidiropoulos,Tobias Steinle,I. Tyulnev +11 more
TL;DR: High-harmonic spectroscopy (HHS) is an ultrasensitive probe of the dynamic evolution of quantum phase transitions in strongly correlated material YBCO, which is very difficult to detect even by transport measurements as mentioned in this paper .
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Single-cycle infrared waveform control
Philipp Steinleitner,Nathalie Nagl,Maciej Kowalczyk,Jinwei Zhang,Vladimir Pervak,Christina Hofer,Arkadiusz Hudzikowski,Jaroslaw Sotor,Alexander Weigel,Ferenc Krausz,Ka Fai Mak +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper , a carrier-envelope-phase-stabilized, Kerr-lens-mode-locked, diode-pumped Cr:ZnS laser drive cascaded intrapulse difference-frequency generation and control the electric field evolution of the resulting coherent emission over 0.9-12.0 μm.
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