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Quasi-light Storage for Optical Data Packets
Published on: February 6, 2014
Multi-millijoule hollow-core fiber compression of short-wave infrared pulses to a single cycle
Abstract:
Approaches for efficient pulse compression can enable dramatic increases in the available peak power, as well as enable the generation of isolated attosecond X-ray pulses. Achieving high compression ratios for longer wavelength drivers has, however, been challenging. We present the compression of few-cycle 2.1 µm central wavelength short-wave infrared laser pulses to 6.9 fs with 2.35 mJ pulse energy at a 10 kHz repetition rate. Electric field resolved measurements reveal a single cycle light field oscillation. With a carrier-envelope-phase stability of 131 mrad and average power fluctuations below 1 %, the system constitutes an excellent light source for strong-field experiments and attosecond physics.
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