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Barbero C, Alonso B, Sola ÍJ. Characterization of ultrashort vector pulses from a single amplitude swing measurement. OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 32:10862-10873. [PMID: 38570949 DOI: 10.1364/oe.515198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Ultrashort vector pulses exhibit time- and frequency-dependent polarization, sparking significant interest across various fields. Simple, robust, and versatile characterization techniques are crucial to meet this rising demand. Our study showcases how complete polarization dynamics are encoded within a single amplitude swing trace, demonstrated both theoretically and experimentally. We have developed a reconstruction strategy to effectively extract all this information. The amplitude swing technique's sensitivity to vector pulses offers a robust, compact in-line setup adaptable across diverse pulse bandwidths, durations, and spectral ranges. This self-referenced method offers effective measurement of ultrashort vector pulses, addressing the growing interest in these complex pulses.
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Jenkins GW, Feng C, Bromage J. Energy scaling beyond the gas ionization threshold with divided-pulse nonlinear compression. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:1450-1453. [PMID: 35290336 DOI: 10.1364/ol.451323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We demonstrate how pulse energy in hollow-core fiber can be scaled beyond gas-ionization limitations using divided-pulse nonlinear compression. With one pulse, ionization limits our fiber's output pulse energy to 2.7 mJ at an input of 4 mJ. By dividing the pulse to four low-energy pulses before the fiber, we eliminated the ionization and scaled the pulse energy 2.5× to 6.6 mJ at an input energy of 10 mJ. Larger energy scaling is possible, as our maximum pulse energy has not reached the new gas ionization threshold. Our results motivate applying the method to state-of-the-art systems for large pulse energy scaling without prohibitive system size increases.
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Shakano T, Zaitsu SI, Imasaka T. Deep- to near-ultraviolet Raman frequency conversion pumped by femtosecond pulses in a hollow-core waveguide. APPLIED OPTICS 2021; 60:6962-6970. [PMID: 34613179 DOI: 10.1364/ao.424896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Broadband vibrational/rotational Raman generation ranging from deep ultraviolet (DUV) to blue wavelengths is demonstrated by using molecular hydrogen in a hollow-core waveguide as a Raman-active medium pumped by a femtosecond DUV laser. We find the high-order transient stimulated Raman scattering is drastically enhanced for input beams including a circularly polarized component; a circularly polarized input beam achieves the highest conversion efficiency. Coherent vibrational anti-Stokes Raman emission is observed only for a circularly polarized pump beam, indicating that the waveguide effect also contributes to the upconversion of a DUV pulse via transient stimulated Raman scattering.
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Gebhardt M, Amuah EB, Klas R, Stark H, Buldt J, Steinkopff A, Limpert J. Investigation of spatiotemporal output beam profile instabilities from differentially pumped capillaries. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:6957-6966. [PMID: 33726206 DOI: 10.1364/oe.416553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Differentially pumped capillaries, i.e., capillaries operated in a pressure gradient environment, are widely used for nonlinear pulse compression. In this work, we show that strong pressure gradients and high gas throughputs can cause spatiotemporal instabilities of the output beam profile. The instabilities occur with a sudden onset as the flow evolves from laminar to turbulent. Based on the experimental and numerical results, we derive guidelines to predict the onset of those instabilities and discuss possible applications in the context of nonlinear flow dynamics.
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Simulating an ultra-broadband concept for Exawatt-class lasers. Sci Rep 2021; 11:151. [PMID: 33420259 PMCID: PMC7794522 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80435-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The rapid development of the optical-cycle-level ultra-fast laser technologies may break through the bottleneck of the traditional ultra-intense laser [i.e., Petawatt (PW, 1015 W) laser currently] and enable the generation of even higher peak-power/intensity lasers. Herein, we simulate an ultra-broadband concept for the realization of an Exawatt-class (EW, 1018 W) high peak-power laser, where the wide-angle non-collinear optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (WNOPCPA) is combined with the thin-plate post-compression. A frequency-chirped carrier-envelope-phase stable super-continuum laser is amplified to high-energy in WNOPCPA by pumping with two pump-beamlets and injected into the thin-plate post-compression to generate a sub-optical-cycle high-energy laser pulse. The numerical simulation shows this hybrid concept significantly enhances the gain bandwidth in the high-energy amplifier and the spectral broadening in the post-compression. By using this concept, a study of a prototype design of a 0.5 EW system is presented, and several key challenges are also examined.
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Jenkins GW, Feng C, Bromage J. Overcoming gas ionization limitations with divided-pulse nonlinear compression. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:31943-31953. [PMID: 33115158 DOI: 10.1364/oe.402772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We simulate Kerr and plasma nonlinearities in a hollow-core fiber to show how plasma effects degrade the output pulse. Our simulations predict the plasma effects can be avoided entirely by implementing divided-pulse nonlinear compression. In divided-pulse nonlinear compression, a high-energy pulse is divided into multiple low-energy pulses, which are spectrally broadened in the hollow-core fiber and then recombined into a high-energy, spectrally broadened pulse. With the plasma effects overcome, spectral broadening can be scaled to larger broadening factors and higher pulse energies. We anticipate this method will also be useful to scale spectral broadening in gas-filled multipass cells.
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Cao H, Nagymihaly RS, Kalashnikov M. Relativistic near-single-cycle optical vortex pulses from noble gas-filled multipass cells. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:3240-3243. [PMID: 32538952 DOI: 10.1364/ol.392394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We propose to obtain relativistic near-single-cycle optical vortices carrying orbital angular momentum through the post-compression of Laguerre-Gaussian pulses in gas-filled multipass cells. Our simulations revealed that 30 fs optical vortex pulses centered around 800 nm with a pulse energy of millijoule level can be compressed to near-single-cycle duration with topological charges from 1 to 20 within an argon-filled cell with five passes. The spectral broadening preserves the topological charge of the input beam; the spatio-spectral couplings are also discussed. The energy of the vortex pulses could be scaled up by increasing the dimensions of the cell. The relativistic near-single-cycle vortices are of great interest for the generation of ultrashort helical electron bunches based on hybrid electron acceleration in underdense plasmas and on isolated relativistic extreme ultraviolet optical vortices from high-order harmonic generation in solid foils.
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Ouillé M, Vernier A, Böhle F, Bocoum M, Jullien A, Lozano M, Rousseau JP, Cheng Z, Gustas D, Blumenstein A, Simon P, Haessler S, Faure J, Nagy T, Lopez-Martens R. Relativistic-intensity near-single-cycle light waveforms at kHz repetition rate. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2020; 9:47. [PMID: 32218918 PMCID: PMC7089946 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-020-0280-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The development of ultra-intense and ultra-short light sources is currently a subject of intense research driven by the discovery of novel phenomena in the realm of relativistic optics, such as the production of ultrafast energetic particle and radiation beams for applications. It has been a long-standing challenge to unite two hitherto distinct classes of light sources: those achieving relativistic intensity and those with pulse durations approaching a single light cycle. While the former class traditionally involves large-scale amplification chains, the latter class places high demand on the spatiotemporal control of the electromagnetic laser field. Here, we present a light source producing waveform-controlled 1.5-cycle pulses with a 719 nm central wavelength that can be focused to relativistic intensity at a 1 kHz repetition rate based on nonlinear post-compression in a long hollow-core fiber. The unique capabilities of this source allow us to observe the first experimental indications of light waveform effects in laser wakefield acceleration of relativistic energy electrons.
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- Marie Ouillé
- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
- Ardop Engineering, Cité de la Photonique, 11 Avenue de la Canteranne, bât. Pléione, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Laser-Laboratorium Göttingen e.V., Hans-Adolf-Krebs-Weg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Laser-Laboratorium Göttingen e.V., Hans-Adolf-Krebs-Weg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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Generation of a single-cycle pulse using a two-stage compressor and its temporal characterization using a tunnelling ionization method. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1613. [PMID: 30733522 PMCID: PMC6367432 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38220-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A single-cycle laser pulse was generated using a two-stage compressor and characterized using a pulse characterization technique based on tunnelling ionization. A 25-fs, 800-nm laser pulse was compressed to 5.5 fs using a gas-filled hollow-core fibre and a set of chirped mirrors. The laser pulse was further compressed, down to the single-cycle limit by propagation through multiple fused-silica plates and another set of chirped mirrors. The two-stage compressor mitigates the development of higher-order dispersion during spectral broadening. Thus, a single-cycle pulse was generated by compensating the second-order dispersion using chirped mirrors. The duration of the single-cycle pulse was 2.5 fs, while its transform-limited duration was 2.2 fs. A continuum extreme ultraviolet spectrum was obtained through high-harmonic generation without applying any temporal gating technique. The continuum spectrum was shown to have a strong dependence on the carrier-envelope phase of the laser pulse, confirming the generation of a single-cycle pulse.
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Lavenu L, Natile M, Guichard F, Zaouter Y, Delen X, Hanna M, Mottay E, Georges P. Nonlinear pulse compression based on a gas-filled multipass cell. OPTICS LETTERS 2018; 43:2252-2255. [PMID: 29762565 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.002252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We demonstrate nonlinear temporal compression of a high-energy Yb-doped fiber laser source in a multipass cell filled with argon. The 160 μJ 275 fs input pulses are compressed down to 135 μJ 33 fs at the output, corresponding to an overall transmission of 85%. We also analyze the output beam, revealing essentially no space-time couplings. We believe this technique can be scalable to higher pulse energies and shorter pulse durations, enabling access to a wider parameter range for a large variety of ultrafast laser sources.
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Zhao Y, Wang D, Zhao R, Leng Y. Energetic radially polarized few-cycle pulse compression in gas-filled hollow-core fiber. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:20866-20876. [PMID: 29041764 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.020866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The compression of high-energy, radially polarized pulses in a gas-filled hollow-core fiber (HCF) is theoretically studied. The simulation results indicate that a 40-fs input pulse can be compressed to a full-width at half-maximum of less than 9 fs when the pulse energy reaches 7.0 mJ with a transmission efficiency of more than 67% after propagating through a 1-m-long, 500-μm diameter HCF filled with neon. Furthermore, the spatio-temporal intensity distributions of the compressed pulses with different initial input energies are studied, and the numerical results indicate that the spatio-temporal intensity distributions are more uniform for lower input pulse energies.
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Lavenu L, Natile M, Guichard F, Zaouter Y, Hanna M, Mottay E, Georges P. High-energy few-cycle Yb-doped fiber amplifier source based on a single nonlinear compression stage. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:7530-7537. [PMID: 28380874 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.007530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A simple, compact, and efficient few-cycle laser source at a central wavelength of 1 µm is presented. The system is based on a high-energy femtosecond ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier delivering 130 fs, 250 µJ pulses at 200 kHz, corresponding to 1.5 GW of peak power and an average power of 50 W. The unprecedented short pulse duration at the output of this system is obtained by use of spectral intensity and phase shaping, allowing for both gain narrowing mitigation and the compensation of the nonlinear accumulated spectral phase. This laser source is followed by a single-stage of nonlinear compression in a xenon-filled capillary, allowing for the generation of 14 fs, 120 µJ pulses at 200 kHz resulting in 24 W of average power. High-harmonic generation driven by this type of source will trigger numerous new applications in the XUV range and attosecond science.
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Wang D, Qiao L, Zhao R, Zhao Y, Leng Y. Propagation dynamics of radially polarized pulses in a gas-filled hollow-core fiber. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:3083-3091. [PMID: 28241525 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.003083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The propagation dynamics of radially polarized (RP) pulses in a gas-filled hollow-core fiber (HCF) is numerically studied. It is found that the stable transverse mode of RP pulse in HCF is not TM01 mode, nor any eigenmodes in terms of Bessel functions. Compared with linearly polarized (LP) pulses, the RP pulses with the same initial pulse duration and energy have higher transmission efficiency, more uniform spectral broadening, and cleaner temporal profile after highly nonlinear propagation in HCF and better focusing properties. These results suggest that energetic few-cycle RP pulses can be generated more efficiently by directly spectral broadening the RP pulses in HCF followed by temporal compression.
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Beaurepaire B, Guénot D, Vernier A, Böhle F, Perrier M, Jullien A, Lopez-Martens R, Lifschitz A, Faure J. Limitations in ionization-induced compression of femtosecond laser pulses due to spatio-temporal couplings. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:9693-9705. [PMID: 27137583 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.009693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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It was recently proposed that ionization-induced self-compression could be used as an effective method to further compress femtosecond laser pulses propagating freely in a gas jet [He et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 263904 2014]. Here, we address the question of the homogeneity of the self-compression process and show experimentally that homogeneous self-compression down to 12fs can be obtained by finding the appropriate focusing geometry for the laser pulse. Simulations are used to reproduce the experimental results and give insight into the self-compression process and its limitations. Simulations suggest that the ionization process induces spatio-temporal couplings which lengthen the pulse duration at focus, possibly making this method ineffective for increasing the laser peak intensity.
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Lücking F, Trabattoni A, Anumula S, Sansone G, Calegari F, Nisoli M, Oksenhendler T, Tempea G. In situ measurement of nonlinear carrier-envelope phase changes in hollow fiber compression. OPTICS LETTERS 2014; 39:2302-2305. [PMID: 24978978 DOI: 10.1364/ol.39.002302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We demonstrate a simple and robust single-shot interferometric technique that allows the in situ measurement of intensity-dependent phase changes experienced by ultrashort laser pulses upon nonlinear propagation. The technique is applied to the characterization of carrier-envelope phase noise in hollow fiber compressors both in the pressure gradient and in the static cell configuration. Measurements performed simultaneously with conventional f-to-2f interferometers before and after compression indicate that the noise emerging in the waveguide adds up arithmetically to the phase noise of the amplifier, thus being strongly correlated to the phase noise of the pulses coupled into the compressor.
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Voronin AA, Mikhailova JM, Gorjan M, Major Z, Zheltikov AM. Pulse compression to subcycle field waveforms with split-dispersion cascaded hollow fibers. OPTICS LETTERS 2013; 38:4354-4357. [PMID: 24177092 DOI: 10.1364/ol.38.004354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Carefully dispersion- and nonlinearity-managed cascades of gas-filled hollow-core fibers enable, as our theoretical analysis shows, efficient pulse compression with ultrahigh compression ratios. With dispersion and nonlinearity of individual fibers in such cascades optimized toward distinctly different goal functions, millijoule picosecond laser pulses can be compressed to sub-100-GW subcycle field waveforms.
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Okell WA, Witting T, Fabris D, Austin D, Bocoum M, Frank F, Ricci A, Jullien A, Walke D, Marangos JP, Lopez-Martens R, Tisch JWG. Carrier-envelope phase stability of hollow fibers used for high-energy few-cycle pulse generation. OPTICS LETTERS 2013; 38:3918-3921. [PMID: 24081088 DOI: 10.1364/ol.38.003918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We investigated the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) stability of hollow-fiber compression for high-energy few-cycle pulse generation. Saturation of the output pulse energy is observed at 0.6 mJ for a 260 μm inner-diameter, 1 m long fiber, statically filled with neon. The pressure is adjusted to achieve output spectra supporting sub-4-fs pulses. The maximum output pulse energy can be increased to 0.8 mJ by either differential pumping (DP) or circularly polarized input pulses. We observe the onset of an ionization-induced CEP instability, which saturates beyond input pulse energies of 1.25 mJ. There is no significant difference in the CEP stability with DP compared to static-fill.
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Schweinberger W, Sommer A, Bothschafter E, Li J, Krausz F, Kienberger R, Schultze M. Waveform-controlled near-single-cycle milli-joule laser pulses generate sub-10 nm extreme ultraviolet continua. OPTICS LETTERS 2012; 37:3573-3575. [PMID: 22940953 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.003573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We demonstrate the generation of waveform-controlled laser pulses with 1 mJ pulse energy and a full-width-half-maximum duration of ∼4 fs, therefore lasting less than two cycles of the electric field oscillating at their carrier frequency. The laser source is carrier-envelope-phase stabilized and used as the backbone of a kHz repetition rate source of high-harmonic continua with unprecedented flux at photon energies between 100 and 200 eV (corresponding to a wavelength range between 12-6 nm respectively). In combination we use these tools for the complete temporal characterization of the laser pulses via attosecond streaking spectroscopy.
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Nagy T, Pervak V, Simon P. Optimal pulse compression in long hollow fibers. OPTICS LETTERS 2011; 36:4422-4424. [PMID: 22089584 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.004422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The spectral broadening performance of 1 m and 3 m long hollow fibers are compared. The 3 m capillary clearly outperforms the 1 m one in terms of both transmission and achievable spectral broadening. Starting from 1.1 mJ 71 fs pulses at 780 nm, a spectral broadening ratio of 26 was achieved using a single 3 m long argon-filled hollow fiber. After compression the measured pulse duration was 4.5 fs corresponding to a compression ratio of 16 at an energy of 0.42 mJ. Both the pulse duration and the pulse energy were limited by the applied chirped mirrors.
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- Tamas Nagy
- Laser-Laboratorium Göttingen eV, Göttingen, Germany. tamas.nagy@llg‑ev.de
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Minkovski N, Kourtev S, Canova L, Jullien A, Albert O, Lopez-Martens R. Nonlinear optical transformation of the polarization state of circularly polarized light with holographic-cut cubic crystals. OPTICS LETTERS 2011; 36:301-303. [PMID: 21263533 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.000301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Nonlinear modification of circularly polarized light propagating in holographic-cut cubic crystals is theoretically predicted and experimentally observed. To the best of our knowledge this is the first demonstration of nonlinear modification of circularly polarized light with cubic crystals.
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- N Minkovski
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, 5 J. Bourchier Boulevard, Sofia-1164, Bulgaria
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Bohman S, Suda A, Kanai T, Yamaguchi S, Midorikawa K. Generation of 5.0 fs, 5.0 mJ pulses at 1kHz using hollow-fiber pulse compression. OPTICS LETTERS 2010; 35:1887-1889. [PMID: 20517451 DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.001887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We demonstrate methods to increase the energy incident on hollow fibers for spectral broadening by self-phase modulation. We used chirped pulses for spectral broadening, lowering the optical intensity to avoid ionization of the gaseous medium. We also used helium as a nonlinear medium and demonstrated the generation of 5.0fs, 5.0mJ pulses at a repetition rate of 1kHz using a pressure gradient hollow-fiber pulse compressor.
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- Samuel Bohman
- RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Adachi S, Ishii N, Nomura Y, Kobayashi Y, Itatani J, Kanai T, Watanabe S. 1.2 mJ sub-4-fs source at 1 kHz from an ionizing gas. OPTICS LETTERS 2010; 35:980-982. [PMID: 20364190 DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.000980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We demonstrate a 1.2 mJ, 3.8 fs, carrier-envelope phase-controlled laser source by novel energy-scalable spectral broadening in an ionizing gas medium, which is widely applicable to sub-10-fs multimillijoule laser systems to obtain sub-2-cycle (<4 fs) multi-millijoule pulses.
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- S Adachi
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan.
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Dutin CF, Dubrouil A, Petit S, Mével E, Constant E, Descamps D. Post-compression of high-energy femtosecond pulses using gas ionization. OPTICS LETTERS 2010; 35:253-255. [PMID: 20081985 DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.000253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We present a new optical post-compression technique designed for high-energy ultrashort pulses. A large spectral broadening is achieved through rapid ionization of helium by an intense pulse (>10(15) W/cm(2)) propagating in a capillary filled with low-pressure helium. The blueshifted pulses are re-compressed with chirped mirrors and silica plates. From a terawatt Ti:sapphire laser chain providing pulses of 40 fs, 70 mJ, we demonstrate the compression of pulses down to 11.4 fs (FWHM) with a total output energy of 13.7 mJ.
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- C Fourcade Dutin
- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, 351, cours de la Libération,33105 Talence Cedex, France
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