The generation of sub‐optical‐cycle, carrier–envelope phase‐stable light pulses is one of
the frontiers of ultrafast optics. The two key ingredients for sub‐cycle pulse generation are …

Ultrafast optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) can provide, under suitable conditions, ultra-
broad gain bandwidths and can thus be used as effective tools for the generation of widely …

Optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) exploit second-order nonlinearity to transfer energy
from a fixed frequency pump pulse to a variable frequency signal pulse, and represent an …

Over the last decade, control of atomic-scale electronic motion by non-perturbative optical
fields has broken tremendous new ground with the advent of phase-controlled high-energy …

Today's ultrafast lasers operate at the physical limits of optical materials to reach extreme
performances. Amplification of single-cycle laser pulses with their corresponding octave …

High-energy phase-stable sub-cycle mid-infrared pulses can provide unique opportunities to
explore phase-sensitive strong-field light–matter interactions in atoms, molecules and solids …

The generation of power-and wavelength-scalable few optical cycle pulses remains one of
the major challenges in modern laser physics. Over the past decade, the development of …

In recent years, optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) has emerged as a
powerful tool for the generation of ultrashort pulses with extreme peak intensity. It has …

Adiabatic evolution, an important dynamical process in a variety of classical and quantum
systems providing a robust way of steering a system into a desired state, was introduced …

One of the most advanced frontiers of ultrafast optics is the control of carrier‐envelope phase
(CEP) ϕ of light pulses, which enables the generation of optical waveforms with …