Abstract

A dispersive-mirror-based laser permits a dramatic simplification of high-power femtosecond and attosecond systems and affords promise for their further development toward shorter pulse durations, higher peak powers, and higher average powers with user-friendly systems. The result of the continuous development of dispersive mirrors permits pulse compression down to almost single cycle pulses of $3\mathrm{fs}$ duration. These design approaches together with the existing modern deposition technology pave the way for the manufacture of dielectric multilayer coatings able to compress pulses of tens of picoseconds duration down to a few femtoseconds.

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Chirped-pulse amplification of laser pulses with dispersive mirrors

V. Pervak, I. Ahmad, S. A. Trushin, Zs. Major, A. Apolonski, S. Karsch, and F. Krausz
Opt. Express 17(21) 19204-19212 (2009)

Double-angle multilayer mirrors with smooth dispersion characteristics

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Opt. Express 17(10) 7943-7951 (2009)

Femtosecond dispersion compensation with multilayer coatings: toward the optical octave

Günter Steinmeyer
Appl. Opt. 45(7) 1484-1490 (2006)

Comparison of dispersive mirrors based on the time-domain and conventional approaches, for sub-5-fs pulses.

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Opt. Express 17(4) 2207-2217 (2009)

Gires-Tournois interferometer type negative dispersion mirrors for deep ultraviolet pulse compression

Christopher A. Rivera, Stephen E. Bradforth, and Gabriel Tempea
Opt. Express 18(18) 18615-18624 (2010)