Parametric amplification of 100 fs mid-infrared pulses in ZnGeP_2 driven by a Ho:YAG chirped-pulse amplifier
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We report on the parametric generation of 100 fs sub-6-cycle 40 μJ pulses with the center wavelength at 5.2 μm using a 1 ps 2.1 μm pump laser and a dispersion management scheme based on bulk material. Our optically synchronized amplifier chain consists of a Ho:YAG chirped-pulse amplifier and white-light-seeded optical parametric amplifiers providing simultaneous passive carrier-envelope phase locking of three ultrashort longwave pulses at the pump, signal, and idler wavelengths corresponding, respectively, to 2.1, 3.5, and 5.2 μm. We also demonstrate bandwidth enhancement and efficient control over nonlinear spectral phase in the regime of cascaded χ2 nonlinearity in ZnGeP2.
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Current development of high-energy ps Ho:YAG systems will enable scaling MIR lasers up to 10 μm wavelength and beyond.
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- Authors
- Kanai, T., Malevich, P., Kangaparambil, S. S., Ishida, K., Mizui, M., Yamanouchi, K., Hoogland, H., Holzwarth, R., Pugzlys, A., & Baltuska, A.
- Affiliations
- TU Wien (AT)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Menlo Systems (Germany) (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Kanai, Tsuneto
- Malevich, Pavel
- Kangaparambil, Sarayoo Sasidharan
- Ishida, Kakuta
- Mizui, Makoto
- Yamanouchi, Kaoru
- Hoogland, Heinar
- Holzwarth, Ronald
- Pugzlys, Audrius
- Venue
- Optics Letters
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Published
- 2017-02-06
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 683
- ISSN
- 0146-9592 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-4794
- OpenAlex
- W2585468327
- Cited by
- 75
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 5
- FWCI
- 6.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Optics Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (F4903-N23, M1884-N27)
- European Research Council (ERC) (620316)
- Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG) (E! 6698)
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) (E! 6698)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Keywords
- optical parametric amplification, ZnGeP2, mid-infrared pulses, femtosecond pulses, dispersion management, bandwidth enhancement, cascaded second-order nonlinearity
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