title: Sub-10-fs pulses from a MHz-NOPA with pulse energies of 0.4 microJ.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Quantum Optics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany. emons@iqo.uni-hannover.de
authors.forename: Moritz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emons
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steinmann
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Binhammer
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schultze
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Morgner
mesh_terms: D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*