Tm:fiber CPA driven nonlinear pulse compression stage delivering multi-GW, sub-10 fs pulses at 20 W of average power

Martin Gebhardt; Christian Gaida; Tobias Heuermann; Cesar Jauregui; Jose Antonio-Lopez; Axel Schulzgen; Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa; Jan Rothhardt; Jens Limpert

doi:10.1117/12.2509650

7 March 2019 Tm:fiber CPA driven nonlinear pulse compression stage delivering multi-GW, sub-10 fs pulses at 20 W of average power

Martin Gebhardt, Christian Gaida, Tobias Heuermann, Cesar Jauregui, Jose Antonio-Lopez, Axel Schulzgen, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Jan Rothhardt, Jens Limpert

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 10897, Fiber Lasers XVI: Technology and Systems; 108971E (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2509650
Event: SPIE LASE, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We report on the generation of 102 μJ-, sub-2 cycle pulses with several GW of peak power centered at 1.73 μm wavelength. The intense few-cycle source features 8.8 fs pulse duration (full-width at half maximum, FWHM). It is operated at 196 kHz pulse repetition rate and provides a record average power of 20 W. This result is enabled by the combination of two average power scalable concepts: direct emission from an ultrafast Tm-doped fiber laser system and nonlinear pulse compression in a gas-filled antiresonant hollow-core fiber. Ultrafast Tm-doped fiber lasers are scalable to kW-level average power, which emphasizes the great potential of this approach for driving high cut-off HHG at high repetition rates.

Citation Download Citation

Martin Gebhardt, Christian Gaida, Tobias Heuermann, Cesar Jauregui, Jose Antonio-Lopez, Axel Schulzgen, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Jan Rothhardt, and Jens Limpert "Tm:fiber CPA driven nonlinear pulse compression stage delivering multi-GW, sub-10 fs pulses at 20 W of average power ", Proc. SPIE 10897, Fiber Lasers XVI: Technology and Systems, 108971E (7 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2509650

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available