Carrier-envelope phase stability of hollow fibers used for high-energy few-cycle pulse generation

William A. Okell; Tobias Witting; Davide Fabris; Dane Austin; Maïmouna Bocoum; Felix Frank; Aurélien Ricci; Aurélie Jullien; Daniel Walke; Jonathan P. Marangos; Rodrigo Lopez-Martens; John W.G. Tisch

doi:10.1364/OL.38.003918

Carrier-envelope phase stability of hollow fibers used for high-energy few-cycle pulse generation

William A. Okell
, Tobias Witting
, Davide Fabris
, Dane Austin
, Maïmouna Bocoum
, Felix Frank
, Aurélien Ricci
, Aurélie Jullien
, Daniel Walke
, Jonathan P. Marangos
, Rodrigo Lopez-Martens
, John W.G. Tisch

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We investigated the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) stability of hollow-fiber compression for high-energy few-cycle pulse generation. Saturation of the output pulse energy is observed at 0.6 mJ for a 260 μm inner-diameter, 1 m long fiber, statically filled with neon. The pressure is adjusted to achieve output spectra supporting sub-4-fs pulses. The maximum output pulse energy can be increased to 0.8 mJ by either differential pumping (DP) or circularly polarized input pulses. We observe the onset of an ionization-induced CEP instability, which saturates beyond input pulse energies of 1.25 mJ. There is no significant difference in the CEP stability with DP compared to static-fill.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3918-3921
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	38
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.003918
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2013

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Carrier-envelope phase stability of hollow fibers used for high-energy few-cycle pulse generation

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