Cavity-enhanced similariton Yb-fiber laser frequency comb: 3×1014 W/cm2 peak intensity at 136 MHz

I. Hartl; T. R. Schibli; A. Marcinkevicius; D. C. Yost; D. D. Hudson; M. E. Fermann; Jun Ye

doi:10.1364/OL.32.002870

Cavity-enhanced similariton Yb-fiber laser frequency comb: 3×10¹⁴ W/cm² peak intensity at 136 MHz

I. Hartl^*, T. R. Schibli, A. Marcinkevicius, D. C. Yost, D. D. Hudson, M. E. Fermann, Jun Ye

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We report on a passive cavity-enhanced Yb-fiber laser frequency comb generating 230 MW of peak power (3 kW of average power) at a 136 MHz pulse repetition rate. The intracativy peak intensity of 3×10¹⁴ W/cm² for the 95 fs pulse is sufficient to ionize noble gases, such as Xe, Kr, or Ar. The laser system is based on a mode-locked Yb-fiber similariton oscillator in conjunction with a cladding-pumped chirpedpulse fiber amplifier. After recompression, 75 fs duration pulses at a 13.1 W average power are obtained. These pulses are then coherently added inside a passive ring cavity by controlling the fiber oscillator’s pulse repetition rate and carrier-envelope offset frequency. This system is well suited for studying high-field phenomena at very high pulse repetition rates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2870-2872
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	32
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.002870
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2007
Externally published	Yes

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