Strategies for achieving intense single-cycle pulses with in-line post-compression setups

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2018

Authors

Silva, F (Author) Other; Alonso, B (Author) Other; Holgado, W (Author) Other; Romero, R (Author) Other; San Roman, JS (Author) Other; Conejero Jarque, EC (Author) Other; Koop, H (Author) Other; Pervak, V (Author) Other; Crespo, H (Author) FCUP; Sola, IJ (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Optics Letters

Vol. 43

Pages: 337-340

ISSN: 0146-9592

Publisher: Optical Society of America

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Authenticus ID: P-00N-G8X

DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.000337

Abstract (EN): Intense few- and single-cycle pulses are powerful tools in different fields of science Today, third-and higher-order terms in the remnant spectral phase of the pulses remain a major obstacle for obtaining high-quality few-and single-cycle pulses from in-line post-compression setups. In this Letter, we show how input pulse shaping can successfully be applied to standard post-compression setups to minimize the occurrence of high-order phase components during nonlinear propagation and to directly obtain pulses with durations down to 3 fs. Furthermore, by combining this pulse shaping of the input pulse with new-generation broadband chirped mirrors and material addition for remnant third-order phase correction, pulses down to 2.2 fs duration have been measured. (c) 2018 Optical Society of America

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4