Generation of carrier-envelope-phase-stable 2-cycle 740-μJ pulses at 2.1-μm carrier wavelength

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-69

  Gu, Xun ^a   Marcus, Gilad ^a   Deng, Yunpei ^a   Metzger, Thomas ^b   Teisset, Catherine ^b   Ishii, Nobuhisa ^a,c   Fuji, Takao ^a,d   Baltuska, Andrius ^a,e   Butkus, Rytis ^f   Pervak, Volodymyr ^b   Ishizuki, Hideki ^g   Taira, Takunori ^g   Kobayashi, Takayoshi ^h,i   Kienberger, Reinhard ^a   Krausz, Ferenc ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^g INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

ⁱ JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); YLF LASERS;

CARRIER WAVELENGTH; CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE; ND:YLF LASER; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFIER SYSTEM; SEED ENERGY; SEED PULSE; SPECTRAL SHAPING;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; KRYPTON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; LASER; LIGHT; OPTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; KRYPTON; LASERS; LIGHT; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME;

EID: 58449102741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.000062     Document Type: Article

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