A New Generation of High-Power, Waveform Controlled, Few-Cycle Light Sources

• Main Author: Seidel, Marcus (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Lasers.; Photonics.; Quantum optics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Quantum Optics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

 This thesis presents first successful experiments to carrier-envelope-phase stabilize a high-power mode-locked thin-disk oscillator and to compress the pulses emitted from this laser to durations of only a few-optical cycles. Moreover, the monograph introduces several methods to achieve power-scalability of compression and stabilization techniques. All experimental approaches are compared in detail and may serve as a guideline for developing high-power waveform controlled, few-cycle light sources which offer tremendous potential to exploit extreme nonlinear optical effects at unprecedentedly high repetition rates and to establish table-top infrared light sources with a unique combination of brilliance and bandwidth. As an example, the realization of a multi-Watt, multi-octave spanning, mid-infrared femtosecond source is described. The thesis starts with a basic introduction to the field of ultrafast laser oscillators. It subsequently presents additional details of previously published research results and establishes a connection between them. It therefore addresses both newcomers to, and experts in the field of high-power ultrafast laser development. 

 Introduction -- Proof of Concept: Few-Cycle Pulse Generation and Carrier-Envelope-Phase Stabilization -- Power Scalable Concepts -- From the Near- to the Mid-Infrared -- Outlook and Conclusions -- Appendix.