Sub 100-fs, 5.2-µm ZGP Parametric Amplifier Driven by a ps Ho:YAG Chirped Pulse Amplifier and its application to high harmonic generation

Kanai T, Malevich P, Kangaparambil SS, Hoogland H, Holzwarth R, Pugzlys A, Baltuska A (2016)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

arXiv arXiv.org

Book Volume: 1-5

URI: http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.04555

Abstract

We report a 1 kHz repetition-rate mid-IR (MIR) optical parametric amplifier (OPA) system operating at a central wavelength of 5.2 μm with the tail-to-tail spectrum extending over 1.5 μm and delivering 40 μJ pulses that are compressed to 99 fs (5.6 optical cycles). Also we develop a novel pulse compression scheme for further pulse compression and wavelength tunability. As the first application of this laser system, we generated high harmonics in bulk ZnSe above the bandgap, dense exciton generation after 10-photon absorption, high order sum- and difference-frequency generation, ultrafast transition in the conduction band, which reflects the structure of conduction bands.

Authors with CRIS profile

Heinar Hoogland Lehrstuhl für Laserphysik

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität Wien / Vienna University of Technology AT Austria (AT) Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) / Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Kanai, T., Malevich, P., Kangaparambil, S.S., Hoogland, H., Holzwarth, R., Pugzlys, A., & Baltuska, A. (2016). Sub 100-fs, 5.2-µm ZGP Parametric Amplifier Driven by a ps Ho:YAG Chirped Pulse Amplifier and its application to high harmonic generation. arXiv, 1-5.

MLA:

Kanai, Tsuneto, et al. "Sub 100-fs, 5.2-µm ZGP Parametric Amplifier Driven by a ps Ho:YAG Chirped Pulse Amplifier and its application to high harmonic generation." arXiv 1-5 (2016).

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