High Average Power Near‐Infrared Few‐Cycle Lasers. Issue 4 (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rothhardt, J; Hädrich, S; Delagnes, JC; Cormier, E; Limpert, J
• Is Part Of: Laser & photonics reviews. Volume 11:Issue 4(2017)
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• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: Few‐cycle pulses -- Optical parametric amplification -- nonlinear compression -- high power lasers; Lasers -- Periodicals; Photonics -- Periodicals; Lasers -- Périodiques; Photonique -- Périodiques; 621.36
• DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201700043
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1863-8880

Abstract

Abstract : In this article, the current state‐of‐the art high average power few‐cycle laser technology is reviewed. The two concepts, optical parametric amplification and nonlinear compression, are presented and their power scaling capabilities are discussed. In addition, several applications benefiting from novel high average power few‐cycle lasers are presented. Abstract : Ultra‐short laser pulses with only a few optical cycles duration have gained increasing importance during the recent decade and are currently employed in many laboratories worldwide. In addition, modern laser technology nowadays can provide few‐cycle pulses at very high average power which advances established studies and opens exciting novel research opportunities. In this paper, the two complementary approaches for providing few‐cycle pulses at high average power, namely optical parametric amplification and nonlinear pulse compression, are reviewed and compared. In addition, their limitations and future scaling potential are discussed. Furthermore, selected applications particularly taking advantage of the high average power and high repetition rate are presented.