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Intro
Preface
References
Editor biography
François Légaré
List of contributors
Chapter 1 High energy, high average power ytterbium lasers
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Yb-doped gain media
1.2.1 Yb:YAG at cryogenic temperatures
1.3 Thin disk lasers
1.3.1 High energy thin disk regenerative amplifiers
1.3.2 Thin disk multi-pass amplifiers
1.4 Cryogenically-cooled Yb:YAG amplifiers
1.4.1 100 mJ pre-amplifier
1.4.2 High repetition rate, 1.5 J amplifier
1.4.3 1.1 J, 1 kHz repetition laser picosecond Yb:YAG laser
1.4.4 Frequency-doubled 1 J Yb:YAG laser with 1 kW average power
1.5 Status and prospects
References
Chapter 2 High-performance, thulium-doped, ultrafast fiber lasers
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Fundamentals, challenges and hidden scaling potential of ultrafast thulium-doped fiber lasers
2.2.1 Thulium-doped fused silica as a gain material
2.2.2 Detrimental propagation effects in ambient air
2.2.3 The hidden performance scaling potential of 2 μm ultrafast fiber lasers
2.3 High peak power femtosecond thulium-doped fiber laser
2.4 High average power, ultrafast thulium-doped fiber lasers
2.5 Future prospects of frequency conversion driven by high-performance, ultrafast fiber laser systems at 2 μm wavelength
2.5.1 High harmonic generation (HHG) into the water window
2.5.2 High-power source in the fingerprint mid-IR spectral region
2.5.3 High flux THz radiation
2.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3 Transition metal doped zinc selenide infrared lasers for ultrafast and intense field science
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Material properties
3.3 Thermal lensing
3.4 Seed pulse generation
3.4.1 Intra-pulse difference frequency generations
3.4.2 Optical parametric amplifiers
3.5 Dispersion control
3.6 CPA experimental demonstration
3.7 Gain calculations.
3.8 Post-compression and filamentation for the generation of single-cycle mid-infrared pulses
3.9 Future perspectives
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 4 100 kHz tunable mid-IR ultrafast sources for high intensity applications
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Architecture
4.3 Generation of a broadband mid-IR seed from a narrowband picosecond pulse
4.3.1 Optical Kerr effect: self-focusing and self-phase modulation
4.3.2 Plasma generation: multi-photon ionization
4.3.3 Linear dispersion and other effects
4.3.4 Experimental results
4.3.5 Generation of visible seed
4.4 Design of a tunable amplification chain
4.4.1 Concept of parametric amplification
4.4.2 Pre-amplifier for a tunable source and generation of a CEP-stable seed
4.4.3 Periodically poled crystals for high amplification stages
4.4.4 Low gain amplification stage
4.4.5 Compatibility with a CEP-stable output for strong field applications
4.5 Dispersion management and compression
4.5.1 The use of an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter
4.5.2 Compression setup for a multi-mode OPCPA system
4.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5 Advances of ultraviolet light sources: towards femtosecond pulses in the few-cycle regime
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Generation of femtosecond UV pulses
5.2.1 UV generation in crystals
5.2.2 UV generation in gas cells
5.2.3 UV generation in fibers and capillaries
5.2.4 Characterization of few-fs UV pulses
5.3 Applications in ultrafast molecular science
5.3.1 Time resolution
5.3.2 Bandwidth
5.3.3 Polarization state and future prospects
5.4 Conclusion
References.
Preface
References
Editor biography
François Légaré
List of contributors
Chapter 1 High energy, high average power ytterbium lasers
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Yb-doped gain media
1.2.1 Yb:YAG at cryogenic temperatures
1.3 Thin disk lasers
1.3.1 High energy thin disk regenerative amplifiers
1.3.2 Thin disk multi-pass amplifiers
1.4 Cryogenically-cooled Yb:YAG amplifiers
1.4.1 100 mJ pre-amplifier
1.4.2 High repetition rate, 1.5 J amplifier
1.4.3 1.1 J, 1 kHz repetition laser picosecond Yb:YAG laser
1.4.4 Frequency-doubled 1 J Yb:YAG laser with 1 kW average power
1.5 Status and prospects
References
Chapter 2 High-performance, thulium-doped, ultrafast fiber lasers
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Fundamentals, challenges and hidden scaling potential of ultrafast thulium-doped fiber lasers
2.2.1 Thulium-doped fused silica as a gain material
2.2.2 Detrimental propagation effects in ambient air
2.2.3 The hidden performance scaling potential of 2 μm ultrafast fiber lasers
2.3 High peak power femtosecond thulium-doped fiber laser
2.4 High average power, ultrafast thulium-doped fiber lasers
2.5 Future prospects of frequency conversion driven by high-performance, ultrafast fiber laser systems at 2 μm wavelength
2.5.1 High harmonic generation (HHG) into the water window
2.5.2 High-power source in the fingerprint mid-IR spectral region
2.5.3 High flux THz radiation
2.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3 Transition metal doped zinc selenide infrared lasers for ultrafast and intense field science
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Material properties
3.3 Thermal lensing
3.4 Seed pulse generation
3.4.1 Intra-pulse difference frequency generations
3.4.2 Optical parametric amplifiers
3.5 Dispersion control
3.6 CPA experimental demonstration
3.7 Gain calculations.
3.8 Post-compression and filamentation for the generation of single-cycle mid-infrared pulses
3.9 Future perspectives
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 4 100 kHz tunable mid-IR ultrafast sources for high intensity applications
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Architecture
4.3 Generation of a broadband mid-IR seed from a narrowband picosecond pulse
4.3.1 Optical Kerr effect: self-focusing and self-phase modulation
4.3.2 Plasma generation: multi-photon ionization
4.3.3 Linear dispersion and other effects
4.3.4 Experimental results
4.3.5 Generation of visible seed
4.4 Design of a tunable amplification chain
4.4.1 Concept of parametric amplification
4.4.2 Pre-amplifier for a tunable source and generation of a CEP-stable seed
4.4.3 Periodically poled crystals for high amplification stages
4.4.4 Low gain amplification stage
4.4.5 Compatibility with a CEP-stable output for strong field applications
4.5 Dispersion management and compression
4.5.1 The use of an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter
4.5.2 Compression setup for a multi-mode OPCPA system
4.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5 Advances of ultraviolet light sources: towards femtosecond pulses in the few-cycle regime
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Generation of femtosecond UV pulses
5.2.1 UV generation in crystals
5.2.2 UV generation in gas cells
5.2.3 UV generation in fibers and capillaries
5.2.4 Characterization of few-fs UV pulses
5.3 Applications in ultrafast molecular science
5.3.1 Time resolution
5.3.2 Bandwidth
5.3.3 Polarization state and future prospects
5.4 Conclusion
References.