Generation of 0.5 mJ, few-cycle laser pulses
by an adaptive phase modulator

doi:10.1364/OE.16.014448

Generation of 0.5 mJ, few-cycle laser pulses by an adaptive phase modulator

He Wang, Yi Wu, Chengquan Li, Hiroki Mashiko, Steve Gilbertson, and Zenghu Chang »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 19, pp. 14448-14455 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.014448

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Previously, pulses shorter than 4 fs were generated by compressing white light from gas-filled hollow-core fibers with adaptive phase modulators; however, the energy of the few-cycle pulses was limited to 15 µJ. Here, we report the generation of 550 µJ, 5 fs pulses by using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator in a grating-based 4f system. The high pulse energy was obtained by improving the throughput of the phase modulator and by increasing the input laser energy. When the pulses were used in high harmonic generation, it was found that the harmonic spectra depend strongly on the high order spectral phases of the driving laser fields.

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(320.5540) Ultrafast optics : Pulse shaping
(320.7100) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast measurements
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics

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Ultrafast Optics

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Original Manuscript: May 28, 2008
Revised Manuscript: August 4, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: August 24, 2008
Published: September 2, 2008

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He Wang, Yi Wu, Chengquan Li, Hiroki Mashiko, Steve Gilbertson, and Zenghu Chang, "Generation of 0.5 mJ, few-cycle laser pulses by an adaptive phase modulator," Opt. Express 16, 14448-14455 (2008)
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M. Hentschel, R. Kienberger, Ch. Spielmann, G. A. Reider, N. Milosevic, T. Brabec, P. Corkum, U. Heinzmann, M, Drescher, and F. Krausz, "Attosecond metrology," Nature 414, 509-513 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. Baltuška, Th. Udem, M. Uiberacker, M. Hentschel, E. Goulielmakis, Ch. Gohle, R. Holzwarth, V. S. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz, "Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields," Nature 421, 611-615 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
N. M. Naumova, J. Nees, B. Hou, G. A. Mourou, and I. V. Sokolov, "Isolated attosecond pulses generated by relativistic effects in a wavelength-cubed focal volume," Opt. Lett. 29, 778-780 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
G. G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, H. Walther, P. Villoresi, M. Nisoli, S. Stagira, E. Priori, and S. De Silvestri, "Absolute-phase phenomena in photoionization with few-cycle laser pulses," Nature 414, 182-184 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. Chelkowski, P. B. Corkum, and A. D. Bandrauk, " Femtosecond coulomb explosion imaging of vibrational wave functions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3416-3419 (1999). [CrossRef]
U. Morgner, F. X. Kärtner, S. H. Cho, Y. Chen, H. A. Haus, J. G. Fujumoto, and E. P. Ippen, "Sub-two-cycle pulses from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser," Opt. Lett. 24, 411- 413 (1999). [CrossRef]
D. Strickland and G. Mourou, "Compression of amplified chirped optical pusles," Opt. Commun. 56, 219 (1985). [CrossRef]
M. Nisoli, S. De Silvestri, and O. Svelto, "Generation of high energy 10 fs pulses by a new pulse compression technique," Appl. Phys. Lett. 68, 2793-2795 (1996). [CrossRef]
C. P. Hauri, W. Kornelis, F. W. Helbing, A. Couairon, A. Mysyrowicz, J. Biegert, U. Keller, "Generation of intense, carrier-envelope phase-locked few-cycle laser pulses through filamentation," Appl. Phy. B 79, 673-677 (2004). [CrossRef]
M. Nisoli, S. De Silvestri, O. Svelto, R. Szipöcs, K. Ferencz, Ch. Spielmann, S. Sartania, and F. Krausz, "Compression of high-energy laser pulse below 5 fs," Opt. Lett. 22, 522-524 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
B. Schenkel, J. Biegert, U. Keller, C. Vozzi, M. Nisoli, G. Sansone, S. Stagire, S. De Silvestri, and O. Svelto, "Generation of 3.8-fs pulses from adaptive compression of a cascaded hollow fiber supercontinuum," Opt. Lett. 28, 1987-1989 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K. Yamane, Z. Zhang, K. Oka, R. Morita, M. Yamashita, and A. Suguro, "Optical pulse compression to 3.4 fs in the monocycle region by feedback phase compensation," Opt. Lett. 28, 2258-2260 (2004). [CrossRef]
M. Yamashita, K. Yamane, and R. Morita, "Quasi-automatic phase-control technique for chirp compensation of pulse with over-one-octave bandwidth-generation of few-to mono-cycle optical pulses," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 12, 213-222 (2006). [CrossRef]
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R. Szipöcs, K. Ferencz, C. Spielmann and F. Krausz, "Chirped multilayer coating for broadband dispersion control in femtosecond lasers," Opt. Lett. 19, 201-203 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
G. Steinmeyer, "Femtosecond dispersion compensation with multilayer coatings: towards the optical octave," Appl. Opt. 45, 1484-1490 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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H. Mashiko, C. M. Nakamura, C. Li, E. Moon, H. Wang, J. Tackett and Z. Chang, "Carrier-envelope phase stabilized 5.6 fs, 1.2 mJ pulses," App. Phys. Lett. 90, 161114 (2007). [CrossRef]
K. Yamane, T. Kito, R. Morita, and M. Yamashita, "Experimental and theoretical demonstration of validity and limitations in fringe-resolved autocorrelation measurements for pulses of few optical cycles," Opt. Express 12, 2762-2733 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. L. Légaré, J. M. Fraser, D. M. Villeneuve, and P. B. Corkum, "Adaptive compression of intense 250-nm-bandwidth laser pulses," App. Phys. B 74 [Suppl.], S279-S282 (2002). [CrossRef]
S. Ghimire, B. Shan, C. Wang and Z. Chang, "High-energy 6.2-fs pulses for attosecond pulse generation," Laser Phys. 15, 838-842 (2005).
B. Xu, Y. Coello, V. V. Lozovoy, D. A. Harris, and M. Dantus, "Pulse shaping of octave spanning femtosecond laser pulses," Opt. Express 14, 10939-10944 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
B. Xu, J. M. Gunn, J. M. Dela Cruz, V. V. Lozovoy, and M. Dantus, "Quantitative investigation of the multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan method for simultaneour phase measurement and compensation of the femtosecond laser pulses," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 750-759 (2006). [CrossRef]
K. Yamane, T. Kito, R. Morita, and M. Yamashita, "2.8-fs transform-limited optical-pulse generation in the monocycle region," in CLEO conference, Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1045-1047 (2004).
Z. Cheng, A. Fürbach, S. Sartania, M. Lenzner, Ch. Spielmann, and F. Krausz, "Amplitude and chirp characterization of high-power laser pulses in the 5-fs regime," Opt. Lett. 24, 247-249 (1999). [CrossRef]
J. Zhou, J. Peatross, M. M. Murnane, and H. C. Kapteyn, "Enhanced high-harmonic generation using 25 fs laser pulses," Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 752-755 (1996) [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Z. Chang, A. Rundquist, H. Wang, I. Christov, H. C. Kapteyn, and M. M. Murnane, "Temporal phase control of soft-x-ray harmonics emission," Phys. Rev. A 58, R30 - R33 (1998). [CrossRef]
H. Mashiko, S. Gilbertson, C. Li, S. D. Khan, M. M. Shakya, E. Moon, and Z. Chang, "Double optical gating of high-order harmonic generation with carrier-envelope phase stabilized lasers," Phys Rev. Lett. 100, 103906 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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[1] M. Hentschel, R. Kienberger, Ch. Spielmann, G. A. Reider, N. Milosevic, T. Brabec, P. Corkum, U. Heinzmann, M, Drescher, and F. Krausz, "Attosecond metrology," Nature 414, 509-513 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] A. Baltuška, Th. Udem, M. Uiberacker, M. Hentschel, E. Goulielmakis, Ch. Gohle, R. Holzwarth, V. S. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz, "Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields," Nature 421, 611-615 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] N. M. Naumova, J. Nees, B. Hou, G. A. Mourou, and I. V. Sokolov, "Isolated attosecond pulses generated by relativistic effects in a wavelength-cubed focal volume," Opt. Lett. 29, 778-780 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] G. G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, H. Walther, P. Villoresi, M. Nisoli, S. Stagira, E. Priori, and S. De Silvestri, "Absolute-phase phenomena in photoionization with few-cycle laser pulses," Nature 414, 182-184 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] S. Chelkowski, P. B. Corkum, and A. D. Bandrauk, " Femtosecond coulomb explosion imaging of vibrational wave functions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3416-3419 (1999). [CrossRef]

[6] U. Morgner, F. X. Kärtner, S. H. Cho, Y. Chen, H. A. Haus, J. G. Fujumoto, and E. P. Ippen, "Sub-two-cycle pulses from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser," Opt. Lett. 24, 411- 413 (1999). [CrossRef]

[7] D. Strickland and G. Mourou, "Compression of amplified chirped optical pusles," Opt. Commun. 56, 219 (1985). [CrossRef]

[8] M. Nisoli, S. De Silvestri, and O. Svelto, "Generation of high energy 10 fs pulses by a new pulse compression technique," Appl. Phys. Lett. 68, 2793-2795 (1996). [CrossRef]

[9] C. P. Hauri, W. Kornelis, F. W. Helbing, A. Couairon, A. Mysyrowicz, J. Biegert, U. Keller, "Generation of intense, carrier-envelope phase-locked few-cycle laser pulses through filamentation," Appl. Phy. B 79, 673-677 (2004). [CrossRef]

[10] M. Nisoli, S. De Silvestri, O. Svelto, R. Szipöcs, K. Ferencz, Ch. Spielmann, S. Sartania, and F. Krausz, "Compression of high-energy laser pulse below 5 fs," Opt. Lett. 22, 522-524 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[11] B. Schenkel, J. Biegert, U. Keller, C. Vozzi, M. Nisoli, G. Sansone, S. Stagire, S. De Silvestri, and O. Svelto, "Generation of 3.8-fs pulses from adaptive compression of a cascaded hollow fiber supercontinuum," Opt. Lett. 28, 1987-1989 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] K. Yamane, Z. Zhang, K. Oka, R. Morita, M. Yamashita, and A. Suguro, "Optical pulse compression to 3.4 fs in the monocycle region by feedback phase compensation," Opt. Lett. 28, 2258-2260 (2004). [CrossRef]

[13] M. Yamashita, K. Yamane, and R. Morita, "Quasi-automatic phase-control technique for chirp compensation of pulse with over-one-octave bandwidth-generation of few-to mono-cycle optical pulses," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 12, 213-222 (2006). [CrossRef]

[14] A. L. Cavalieri, E. Goulielmakis, B. Horvath, W. Helml, M. Schultze, M. Fie??, V. Pervak, L. Veisz, V. S. Yakovlev, M. Uiberacker, A. Apolonski, F. Krausz and R. Kienberger, "Intense 1.5-cycle near infrared laser waveforms and their use for the generation of ultra-broadband soft-X-ray harmonic continua," New J. Phys. 9, 242 (2007). [CrossRef]

[15] R. Szipöcs, K. Ferencz, C. Spielmann and F. Krausz, "Chirped multilayer coating for broadband dispersion control in femtosecond lasers," Opt. Lett. 19, 201-203 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[16] G. Steinmeyer, "Femtosecond dispersion compensation with multilayer coatings: towards the optical octave," Appl. Opt. 45, 1484-1490 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[17] M. Schultze, E. Goulielmakis, M. Uiberacker, M. Hofstetter, J. Kim, D. Kim, F. Krausz, and U. Kleineberg, "Powerful 170-attosecond XUV pulses generated with few-cycle laser pulses and broadband multilayer optics," New J. Phys. 9, 243 (2007). [CrossRef]

[18] H. Mashiko, C. M. Nakamura, C. Li, E. Moon, H. Wang, J. Tackett and Z. Chang, "Carrier-envelope phase stabilized 5.6 fs, 1.2 mJ pulses," App. Phys. Lett. 90, 161114 (2007). [CrossRef]

[19] K. Yamane, T. Kito, R. Morita, and M. Yamashita, "Experimental and theoretical demonstration of validity and limitations in fringe-resolved autocorrelation measurements for pulses of few optical cycles," Opt. Express 12, 2762-2733 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[20] F. L. Légaré, J. M. Fraser, D. M. Villeneuve, and P. B. Corkum, "Adaptive compression of intense 250-nm-bandwidth laser pulses," App. Phys. B 74 [Suppl.], S279-S282 (2002). [CrossRef]

[21] S. Ghimire, B. Shan, C. Wang and Z. Chang, "High-energy 6.2-fs pulses for attosecond pulse generation," Laser Phys. 15, 838-842 (2005).

[22] B. Xu, Y. Coello, V. V. Lozovoy, D. A. Harris, and M. Dantus, "Pulse shaping of octave spanning femtosecond laser pulses," Opt. Express 14, 10939-10944 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[23] B. Xu, J. M. Gunn, J. M. Dela Cruz, V. V. Lozovoy, and M. Dantus, "Quantitative investigation of the multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan method for simultaneour phase measurement and compensation of the femtosecond laser pulses," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 750-759 (2006). [CrossRef]

[24] K. Yamane, T. Kito, R. Morita, and M. Yamashita, "2.8-fs transform-limited optical-pulse generation in the monocycle region," in CLEO conference, Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1045-1047 (2004).

[25] Z. Cheng, A. Fürbach, S. Sartania, M. Lenzner, Ch. Spielmann, and F. Krausz, "Amplitude and chirp characterization of high-power laser pulses in the 5-fs regime," Opt. Lett. 24, 247-249 (1999). [CrossRef]

[26] J. Zhou, J. Peatross, M. M. Murnane, and H. C. Kapteyn, "Enhanced high-harmonic generation using 25 fs laser pulses," Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 752-755 (1996) [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[27] Z. Chang, A. Rundquist, H. Wang, I. Christov, H. C. Kapteyn, and M. M. Murnane, "Temporal phase control of soft-x-ray harmonics emission," Phys. Rev. A 58, R30 - R33 (1998). [CrossRef]

[28] H. Mashiko, S. Gilbertson, C. Li, S. D. Khan, M. M. Shakya, E. Moon, and Z. Chang, "Double optical gating of high-order harmonic generation with carrier-envelope phase stabilized lasers," Phys Rev. Lett. 100, 103906 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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