Ultrabroadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier system for single-cycle waveform synthesis

Authors

Shu-Wei Huang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Giovanni Cirmi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jeffrey Moses, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kyung-Han Hong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew Benedick, Massachusetts Institute Of Technolog
Li-Jin Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Enbang Li, University of SydneyFollow
Benjamin J. Eggleton, University of Sydney
Giulio Cerullo, Politecnico di Milano
Franz X. Kartner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

RIS ID

107967

Publication Details

Huang, S., Cirmi, G., Moses, J., Hong, K., Benedick, A., Chen, L., Li, E., Eggleton, B., Cerullo, G. & Kartner, F. X. (2010). Ultrabroadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier system for single-cycle waveform synthesis. Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on (pp. 1-2). United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Abstract

We demonstrate synchronized few-cycle 800-nm and 2-μm pulse trains seeded from a single Ti:sapphire oscillator, able to generate scalable, high-energy pulses lasting less than a single electric-field cycle. Such pulses are attractive for high-field physics.