High-power 50-MHz source of waveform-stable, multi-octave infrared pulses

Butler TP, Xu J, Lilienfein N, Nagl N, Gerz D, Hofer C, Gaida C, Heuermann T, Gebhardt M, Fischer M, Holzwarth R, Mei M, Limpert J, Krausz F, Mak KF, Pronin O, Pupeza I (2019)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2019

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Conference Proceedings Title: 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019

Event location: Munich, DEU

ISBN: 9781728104690

DOI: 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8872175

Abstract

Waveform-stable, pulsed laser sources have enabled both time-domain and frequency-domain precision metrology, through real-time measurement of electric-field-driven light-matter interactions on their native femto- and attosecond time scales, and by harnessing the frequency-comb nature of high-repetition-rate pulse trains. Particular interest has been shown in these sources for use in infrared (IR) molecular fingerprinting [1,2], offering increased sensitivity and specificity compared to traditional, thermal-source-based Fourier-transform spectroscopy, for applications such as biomedical spectroscopy or trace-chemical sensing. Here, we present a compact, 50-MHz source of high-power, waveform-stable IR pulses. Driven by a 2μm based fiber chirped pulse amplifier (FCPA), three parallel nonlinear fiber channels are used to cover the spectral range of 1.4 to 20 μm.

Involved external institutions

Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) / Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik DE Germany (DE) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) DE Germany (DE) Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena DE Germany (DE) Menlo Systems GmbH DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Butler, T.P., Xu, J., Lilienfein, N., Nagl, N., Gerz, D., Hofer, C.,... Pupeza, I. (2019). High-power 50-MHz source of waveform-stable, multi-octave infrared pulses. In 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019. Munich, DEU: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Butler, Thomas P., et al. "High-power 50-MHz source of waveform-stable, multi-octave infrared pulses." Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019, Munich, DEU Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019.

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