Intense few-cycle laser pulses from self-compression in a self-guiding filament

authored by

E. Schulz, T. Binhammer, D. S. Steingrube, S. Rausch, M. Kovacev, U. Morgner

Abstract

Sub-10-fs-pulses are generated by self-compression in a noble gas filament. Using input pulses from a Ti:sapphire amplifier system with an energy of about 1.5 mJ at a repetition rate of 3 kHz and a pulse duration of 30 fs self-compressed sub-10-fs pulses with energies of about 0.3 mJ have been generated. These pulses are characterized with spectral phase interferometry for direct electrical-field reconstruction (SPIDER). Depending on the laser parameters, we observe a significant change in the chirp of the white-light. The spectral distribution of the outcoming beam profile is measured to distinguish the white-light core from the surrounding halo.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Quantum Optics
Quest: Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research

External Organisation(s)

Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)

Type

Article

Journal

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volume

95

Pages

269-272

No. of pages

4

ISSN

0946-2171

Publication date

05.2009

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Physics and Astronomy(all)

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-009-3456-5 (Access: Closed)