Multi-pass cells for post-compression of ultrashort laser pulses

AL Viotti, M Seidel, E Escoto, S Rajhans, WP Leemans… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Ultrafast lasers reaching extremely high powers within short fractions of time enable a
plethora of applications. They grant advanced material processing capabilities, are effective …

Third-generation femtosecond technology

H Fattahi, HG Barros, M Gorjan, T Nubbemeyer… - Optica, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Femtosecond pulse generation was pioneered four decades ago using mode-locked dye
lasers, which dominated the field for the following 20 years. Dye lasers were then replaced …

Enhanced supercontinuum generation in integrated waveguides incorporated with graphene oxide films

Y Zhang, J Wu, Y Yang, Y Qu, L Jia… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Enhanced supercontinuum generation (SCG) is experimentally demonstrated in integrated
silicon nitride (Si3N4) waveguides incorporating highly nonlinear graphene oxide (GO) in …

Ultrafast supercontinuum generation in bulk condensed media (Invited Review)

A Dubietis, G Tamošauskas, R Šuminas… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2017 - arxiv.org
Nonlinear propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in bulk transparent media leads
to a specific propagation regime, termed femtosecond filamentation, which in turn produces …

High average power and single-cycle pulses from a mid-IR optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier

U Elu, M Baudisch, H Pires, F Tani, MH Frosz, F Köttig… - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
In attosecond and strong-field physics, the acquisition of data in an acceptable time
demands the combination of high peak power with high average power. We report a 21 W …

Generation of intense supercontinuum in condensed media

CH Lu, YJ Tsou, HY Chen, BH Chen, YC Cheng… - Optica, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Destructive nonlinear processes have limited the useful input power to a few megawatts for
supercontinuum generation in bulk material. Consequently, reliable high-power, high-pulse …

Seven-octave high-brightness and carrier-envelope-phase-stable light source

U Elu, L Maidment, L Vamos, F Tani, D Novoa… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
High-brightness sources of coherent and few-cycle-duration light waveforms with spectral
coverage from the ultraviolet to the terahertz would offer unprecedented versatility and …

Interband cascade technology for energy-efficient mid-infrared free-space communication

P Didier, H Knötig, O Spitz, L Cerutti… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Space-to-ground high-speed transmission is of utmost importance for the development of a
worldwide broadband network. Mid-infrared wavelengths offer numerous advantages for …

On-chip mid-infrared supercontinuum generation from 3 to 13 μm wavelength

M Montesinos-Ballester, C Lafforgue, J Frigerio… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Midinfrared spectroscopy is a universal way to identify chemical and biological substances.
Indeed, when interacting with a light beam, most molecules are responsible for absorption at …

Intense ultraviolet–visible–infrared full-spectrum laser

L Hong, L Liu, Y Liu, J Qian, R Feng, W Li, Y Li… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
A high-brightness ultrabroadband supercontinuum white laser is desirable for various fields
of modern science. Here, we present an intense ultraviolet-visible-infrared full-spectrum …