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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 16, Iss. 13 — Jun. 23, 2008
  • pp: 9739–9745

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Controlled waveforms on the single-cycle scale from a femtosecond oscillator

Stefan Rausch, Thomas Binhammer, Anne Harth, Jungwon Kim, Richard Ell, Franz X. Kärtner, and Uwe Morgner  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 13, pp. 9739-9745 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.009739


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Abstract

We present an octave-spanning Ti:sapphire oscillator supporting Fourier-limited pulses as short as 3.7 fs. This laser system can be directly CEO-phase stabilized delivering an average output power of about 90mW with a pulse duration of 4.4 fs. The phase-stabilization is realized without additional spectral broadening using an f-2f interferometer approach allowing for full control of the electric pulse field on a sub-femtosecond time-scale.

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OCIS Codes
(120.5050) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Phase measurement
(320.7090) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast lasers

ToC Category:
Ultrafast Optics

History
Original Manuscript: May 2, 2008
Revised Manuscript: June 7, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: June 7, 2008
Published: June 17, 2008

Citation
Stefan Rausch, Thomas Binhammer, Anne Harth, Jungwon Kim, Richard Ell, Franz X. Kärtner, and Uwe Morgner, "Controlled waveforms on the single-cycle scale from a femtosecond oscillator," Opt. Express 16, 9739-9745 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-13-9739


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