TY - CHAP
T1 - Few-cycle mid-infrared OPCPA system
AU - Gu, Xun
AU - Deng, Yunpei
AU - Marcus, Gilad
AU - Metzger, Thomas
AU - Kienberger, Reinhard
AU - Krausz, Ferenc
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - We review the principle, design and output characteristics of the MPQ/LMU LWS-1 mid-infrared few-cycle OPCPA system. With the output of CEPstable 2.1-μm-700-μJ 15-fs (2-optical-cycle) pulses at 1 kHz, this laser is unique in the world, providing the shortest sub-mJ pulses in the mid-infrared. A system upgrade with a Yb:YAG thin-disk pump laser has recently produced 1.2-mJ 1.5-cycle pulses at 3 kHz, approaching the TW-level monocycle regime.
AB - We review the principle, design and output characteristics of the MPQ/LMU LWS-1 mid-infrared few-cycle OPCPA system. With the output of CEPstable 2.1-μm-700-μJ 15-fs (2-optical-cycle) pulses at 1 kHz, this laser is unique in the world, providing the shortest sub-mJ pulses in the mid-infrared. A system upgrade with a Yb:YAG thin-disk pump laser has recently produced 1.2-mJ 1.5-cycle pulses at 3 kHz, approaching the TW-level monocycle regime.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-17659-8_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-17659-8_7
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84946049259
T3 - Springer Series in Optical Sciences
SP - 135
EP - 151
BT - Springer Series in Optical Sciences
PB - Springer Verlag
ER -