Octave-spanning OPCPA system delivering CEP-stable few-cycle pulses and 22 W of average power at 1 MHz repetition rate

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 10870-10878

  Rothhardt, Jan ^a,b,c   Demmler, Stefan ^b   Hädrich, Steffen ^a,b   Limpert, Jens ^a,b   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE JENA   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; YTTERBIUM;

AVERAGE POWER; FEW-CYCLE PULSE; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; OPTICAL CYCLES; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; OUTPUT POWER; PULSE DURATIONS; REPETITION RATE; SINGLE-CYCLE PULSE; YB FIBER LASERS;

BANDWIDTH COMPRESSION;

EID: 84861113691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.010870     Document Type: Article

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