Multi-mJ carrier envelope phase stabilized few-cycle pulses generated by a tabletop laser system

• Published in: Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics Vol. 103; no. 3; pp. 531 - 536
• Main Authors: Anderson, A., Lücking, F., Prikoszovits, T., Hofer, M., Cheng, Z., Neacsu, C. C., Scharrer, M., Rammler, S., Russell, P. St. J., Tempea, G., Assion, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.06.2011
• Subjects: Amplifiers; Carriers; Compressing; Engineering; Envelopes; HFC; Lasers; Optical Devices; Optics; Oscillators; Photonics; Physical Chemistry; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Optics; Rapid Communication; Tables (data); Difference Frequency Generation; Diode Pump Solid State; High Harmonic Genus; High Order Harmonic Generation; Carrier Envelope Phase
• ISSN: 0946-2171; 1432-0649
• DOI: 10.1007/s00340-011-4592-2

A compact system for the generation of few-cycle multi-mJ Carrier Envelope Phase (CEP) stabilized pulses is presented. At the output 1.9 mJ, 5.7 fs pulses were achieved after hollow fiber compression (HFC) of 5 mJ, 25 fs circularly-polarized pulses from a Ti:sapphire multipass chirped pulse amplifier (CPA). Polarization control of the generated pulses was done using all reflective phase retarders which can be nearly arbitrarily scaled for increasing energies. The CEP noise from the amplifier system is shown to be 190 mrad rms over a period of more than 7 hours. The full system, i.e., oscillator, amplifier, CEP stabilization, and HFC is compact enough to fit on a standard optical table.