Current Status of the HERACLES, a Millijoule Level, Multi kHz, Few-Cycle, and CEP Stabilized OPCPA System

Hemmer, Michaël; Vaupel, Andreas; Richardson, Martin

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“…The typical amplification bandwidth ranges from <725 to >1050 nm when pumped at 532 nm wavelength and 3 to 5 mm crystal lengths are employed. 37 This bandwidth supports a transform-limited duration of <8 fs or less than three optical cycles. 38 Additionally, octave-spanning bandwidth to support quasi-single-cycle pulses can be obtained by pumping consecutive OPA stages with different wavelengths.…”

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Concepts, performance review, and prospects of table-top, few-cycle optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification

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Abstract. More than 20 years after the first presentation of optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA), the technology has matured as a powerful technique to produce high-intensity, few-cycle, and ultrashort laser pulses. The output characteristics of these systems cover a wide range of center wavelengths, pulse energies, and average powers. The current record performance of table-top, few-cycle OPCPA systems are 16 TW peak power and 22 W average power, which show that OPCPA is able to directly compete with Ti:sapphire chirped-pulse amplification-based systems as source for intense optical pulses. Here, we review the concepts of OPCPA and present the current state-of-the art performance level for several systems reported in the literature. To date, the performance of these systems is most generally limited by the employed pump laser. Thus, we present a comprehensive review on the recent progress in high-energy, high-average-power, picosecond laser systems, which provide improved performance relative to OPCPA pump lasers employed to date. From here, the impact of these novel pump lasers on table-top, few-cycle OPCPA is detailed and the prospects for next-generation OPCPA systems are discussed.

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“…The booster amplifier stage is DPSSL based and operates in a similar regime as some of the previously mentioned MOPA systems [13,14,17], but simultaneously offering more than 10 mJ pulse energy, 30 W average power, and 50 MW peak power at kilohertz repetition rates. This system is optically synchronized with a sub-5-fs oscillator and will be used as a pump system for our OPCPA facility HERACLES [18], which is designed to provide few-cycle pulses in the visible/NIR with high pulse energy, kilohertz repetition rate, and more than 1 W average power.…”

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Hybrid master oscillator power amplifier system providing 10 mJ, 32 W, and 50 MW pulses for optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification pumping

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We present a high-energy, high-average-power picosecond laser system based on a hybrid chain in a master oscillator power amplifier configuration. The chain is seeded by a Ti:sapphire oscillator, followed by a Ybdoped fiber preamplifier, a Nd:YAG-based regenerate amplifier, and a Nd:YVO 4-based single-pass amplifier. The final diode-pumped, solid-state amplifier is detailed and produces pulses with more than 10 mJ energy at 32 W average power with 207 ps duration, corresponding to 50 MW peak power. The picosecond pulse output is seeded and optically synchronized with the sub-5-fs oscillator for optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification pumping.

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A joule-class, TEM 00 spatial profile, narrow-linewidth laser system

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Current Status of the HERACLES, a Millijoule Level, Multi kHz, Few-Cycle, and CEP Stabilized OPCPA System

Cited by 3 publications

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Concepts, performance review, and prospects of table-top, few-cycle optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification

Concepts, performance review, and prospects of table-top, few-cycle optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification

Hybrid master oscillator power amplifier system providing 10 mJ, 32 W, and 50 MW pulses for optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification pumping

A joule-class, TEM 00 spatial profile, narrow-linewidth laser system

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