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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 19, Iss. 25 — Dec. 5, 2011
  • pp: 24922–24932

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Carrier-envelope phase stabilization of a terawatt level chirped pulse amplifier for generation of intense isolated attosecond pulses

Georg Gademann, Fabien Plé, Pierre-Mary Paul, and Marc J.J. Vrakking  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 25, pp. 24922-24932 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.024922


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Abstract

We demonstrate the first carrier-envelope phase (CEP)-stabilized chirped pulse amplification system with pulse peak-powers in the terawatt regime. The system, which eventually is intended to be used in the generation of isolated attosecond pulses, consists of two consecutive multipass amplification stages. The first amplification stage is a commercial CEP-stable kHz system including a single 13-pass amplifier reaching a pulse energy of 2.3 mJ. Pulses are picked after the first stage at a repetition rate of 50 Hz and are further amplified in a 5-pass power-amplifier to pulse energies that reach up to 80 mJ before compression. After compression the pulse energy is 35mJ at a pulse duration of 32 fs, signifying a peak power of 1.1 terawatt. Peak-powers exceeding 1.5 TW should easily be achievable by improving the efficiency of the grating compressor. The CEP-stability of the terawatt system is demonstrated by single shot measurements of the residual CEP jitter at the full repetition rate and show an excellent root-mean-square value of 315 mrad.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3280) Lasers and laser optics : Laser amplifiers
(140.7090) Lasers and laser optics : Ultrafast lasers
(140.7240) Lasers and laser optics : UV, EUV, and X-ray lasers
(190.7110) Nonlinear optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
(300.6530) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, ultrafast
(020.2649) Atomic and molecular physics : Strong field laser physics

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: September 26, 2011
Revised Manuscript: October 20, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: October 20, 2011
Published: November 22, 2011

Citation
Georg Gademann, Fabien Plé, Pierre-Mary Paul, and Marc J.J. Vrakking, "Carrier-envelope phase stabilization of a terawatt level chirped pulse amplifier for generation of intense isolated attosecond pulses," Opt. Express 19, 24922-24932 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-25-24922


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