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High-fidelity front-end for high-power, high temporal quality few-cycle lasers

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A 80 μJ, 6 fs, CEP-stable high-contrast injector is demonstrated. The device relies on standard pulse post-compression in hollow-core fiber followed by a temporal filter based on cross-polarized wave generation. Pulses with a Gaussian spectrum over 350 nm, centered at 750 nm, are generated. Temporal measurements show that the contrast of the few-cycle pulses is enhanced on a femtosecond and picosecond time scale. The carrier-envelope phase stability is preserved (0.3 rad RMS). These performances make the system an ideal seed laser for high-power, high-contrast OPCPA systems.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, ENSTA ParisTech, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, UMR 7639, 91761, Palaiseau Cedex, France

    A. Jullien, X. Chen, A. Ricci, J.-P. Rousseau & R. Lopez-Martens

  2. Institut de la Lumière Extrême CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA ParisTech, Institut d’Optique, Univ Paris-Sud, Palaiseau Cedex, France

    X. Chen, D. Papadopoulos & A. Pellegrina

  3. Thales Optronique SA, Laser Solutions Unit, 78995, Elancourt, France

    A. Ricci

  4. Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l’Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, 91127, Palaiseau, France

    L. P. Ramirez, D. Papadopoulos, A. Pellegrina, F. Druon & P. Georges

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Jullien, A., Chen, X., Ricci, A. et al. High-fidelity front-end for high-power, high temporal quality few-cycle lasers. Appl. Phys. B 102, 769–774 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4201-9

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