Extreme-ultraviolet frequency combs for precision metrology and attosecond science

I Pupeza, C Zhang, M Högner, J Ye - Nature Photonics, 2021 - nature.com
Femtosecond mode-locked lasers producing visible/infrared frequency combs have steadily
advanced our understanding of fundamental processes in nature. For example, optical …

Perspective on the next generation of ultra-low noise fiber supercontinuum sources and their emerging applications in spectroscopy, imaging, and ultrafast photonics

A Rampur, DM Spangenberg, B Sierro, P Hänzi… - Applied physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A new generation of ultrafast and low-noise supercontinuum (SC) sources is currently
emerging, driven by the constantly increasing demands of spectroscopy, advanced …

Characterization of e-beam evaporated Ge, YbF3, ZnS, and LaF3 thin films for laser-oriented coatings

T Amotchkina, M Trubetskov, D Hahner, V Pervak - Applied Optics, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Thin films of Ge, ZnS, \rmYbF_3 YbF_3, and \rmLaF_3 LaF_3 produced using e-beam
evaporation on ZnSe and Ge substrates were characterized in the range of 0.4–12 µm. It …

Watt-scale 50-MHz source of single-cycle waveform-stable pulses in the molecular fingerprint region

TP Butler, D Gerz, C Hofer, J Xu, C Gaida… - Optics letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We report a coherent mid-infrared (MIR) source with a combination of broad spectral
coverage (6–18 μm), high repetition rate (50 MHz), and high average power (0.5 W). The …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cycle all-fiber frequency comb

S Xing, D Lesko, T Umeki, AJ Lind, N Hoghooghi… - Apl Photonics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Single-cycle pulses with a deterministic carrier-envelope phase enable the study and control
of light–matter interactions at the sub-cycle timescale, as well as the efficient generation of …

Kerr-lens mode-locked 49-fs Tm3+:YScO3 single-crystal laser at 2.1 µm

A Suzuki, S Kalusniak, S Ganschow, C Kränkel… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report on a continuous wave (CW) and Kerr-lens mode-locked (KLM) Tm^ 3+: YScO_3
single-crystal laser centered at 2.1 µm. Efficient CW laser operation with a maximum slope …

Middle-IR frequency comb based on Cr: ZnS laser

S Vasilyev, V Smolski, J Peppers, I Moskalev… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We report, to the best of our knowledge, the first fully referenced Cr: ZnS optical frequency
comb. The comb features few cycle output pulses with 3.25 W average power at 80 MHz …

Ultra low-noise coherent supercontinuum amplification and compression below 100 fs in an all-fiber polarization-maintaining thulium fiber amplifier

A Rampur, Y Stepanenko, G Stępniewski, T Kardaś… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We report an ultra-low noise, polarization-maintaining, ultrafast Thulium-doped all-fiber
chirped pulse amplifier, seeded by a polarized all-normal dispersion (ANDi) supercontinuum …

[HTML][HTML] An ultra-stable high-power optical frequency comb

F Schmid, J Moreno, J Weitenberg, P Russbüldt… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Optical frequency combs are typically generated in the near-infrared wavelength range,
where many mode-locked lasers operate. Nonlinear frequency conversion can then be used …

Multi-octave spanning, Watt-level ultrafast mid-infrared source

TP Butler, N Lilienfein, J Xu, N Nagl… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a source of brilliant mid-infrared radiation, seamlessly covering the wavelength
range between 1.33 and 18 μm (7500–555 cm− 1) with three channels, employing …