Abstract
A hybrid laser scheme for the generation and amplification of mid-IR ultrashort pulses, with a carrier to envelope stable phase, is presented. Seed mid-IR pulses with picojoule energies are obtained via intrapulse difference frequency generation from an 8 fs Ti:sapphire oscillator. The energy of these seed pulses is then amplified in a multipass Cr:ZnSe laser amplifier to more than a nanojoule/pulse level. The duration of the amplified impulses is measured to be 87 fs, and the width of their spectrum supports their compression to ∼50 fs.
Original language | American English |
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Article number | 025301 |
Journal | Laser Physics |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research is supported by the Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology, and Space (53998) and the Wolfson Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- CEP stable
- Cr:ZnSe
- femtosecond laser
- infrared laser