Sub-10-fs pulses from a MHz-NOPA with pulse energies of 0.4 microJ.
We present a non-collinear optical parametric amplifier (NOPA) delivering sub-10-fs pulses with 420 nJ of pulse energy. The system is driven by microjoule pulses from an Yb:KYW oscillator with cavity-dumping and a subsequent single-stage rod-type fiber amplifier at 1-MHz repetition rate. The ultrabroadband seed is based on stable white-light generation from 420 fs long pulses in a YAG plate.
Emons
Moritz
M
Institute of Quantum Optics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany. emons@iqo.uni-hannover.de
Steinmann
Andy
A
Binhammer
Thomas
T
Palmer
Guido
G
Schultze
Marcel
M
Morgner
Uwe
U
D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*