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Zhang C, Schoun SB, Heyl CM, Porat G, Gaarde MB, Ye J. Noncollinear Enhancement Cavity for Record-High Out-Coupling Efficiency of an Extreme-UV Frequency Comb. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:093902. [PMID: 32915608 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.093902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We demonstrate a femtosecond enhancement cavity with a crossed-beam geometry for efficient generation and extraction of extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) frequency combs at a 154 MHz repetition rate. We achieve a record-high out-coupled power of 600 μW, directly usable for spectroscopy, at a wavelength of 97 nm. This corresponds to a >60% out-coupling efficiency. The XUV power scaling and generation efficiency are similar to that achieved with a single Gaussian-mode fundamental beam inside a collinear enhancement cavity. The noncollinear geometry also opens the door for the generation of isolated attosecond pulses at >100 MHz repetition rate.
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- Chuankun Zhang
- JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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Amoudry L, Wang H, Cassou K, Chiche R, Dupraz K, Martens A, Nutarelli D, Soskov V, Zomer F. Modal instability suppression in a high-average-power and high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity. APPLIED OPTICS 2020; 59:116-121. [PMID: 32225276 DOI: 10.1364/ao.59.000116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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An experimental method to remove modal instabilities induced by thermoelastic deformation in optical high-finesse resonators is presented and experimentally investigated in this paper. The method is found suitable for multi-mirror folded monolithic and compact cavities, such as those used in the particle accelerator environment. It is also suitable for very high stacked average power. Here we demonstrate stable operation at the 200 kW intracavity average power.
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Dietrich CM, Babushkin I, Andrade JRC, Rao H, Demircan A, Morgner U. Field enhancement in a doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator. OPTICS LETTERS 2019; 44:4909-4912. [PMID: 31568473 DOI: 10.1364/ol.44.004909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Single-resonant and (signal/idler) double-resonant optical parametric oscillators differ fundamentally on the conversion efficiency back to the pump wave. The nonpresent idler in the single-resonant case allows for signal intracavity enhancement well beyond the pump power level. This paper answers the question, how the phase-matched back conversion in a doubly-resonant system can be overcome to reveal substantial power enhancement, and what parameters it depends on. In a degenerate double-resonant OPO (DROPO) pumped by a thin-disk oscillator, an enhancement up to a factor of four is shown experimentally. Support of a semianalytical theory is presented with exceptionally simple relations between enhancement and intracavity losses. Interestingly, our theory predicts no fundamental limit to the maximal field enhancement or conversion efficiency.
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Högner M, Saule T, Heinrich S, Lilienfein N, Esser D, Trubetskov M, Pervak V, Pupeza I. Cavity-enhanced noncollinear high-harmonic generation. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:19675-19691. [PMID: 31503724 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.019675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Femtosecond enhancement cavities have enabled multi-10-MHz-repetition-rate coherent extreme ultraviolet (XUV) sources with photon energies exceeding 100 eV - albeit with rather severe limitations of the net conversion efficiency and of the duration of the XUV emission. Here, we explore the possibility of circumventing both these limitations by harnessing spatiotemporal couplings in the driving field, similar to the "attosecond lighthouse," in theory and experiment. Our results predict dramatically improved output coupling efficiencies and efficient generation of isolated XUV attosecond pulses.
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Saule T, Heinrich S, Schötz J, Lilienfein N, Högner M, deVries O, Plötner M, Weitenberg J, Esser D, Schulte J, Russbueldt P, Limpert J, Kling MF, Kleineberg U, Pupeza I. High-flux ultrafast extreme-ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy at 18.4 MHz pulse repetition rate. Nat Commun 2019; 10:458. [PMID: 30692528 PMCID: PMC6349926 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08367-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Laser-dressed photoelectron spectroscopy, employing extreme-ultraviolet attosecond pulses obtained by femtosecond-laser-driven high-order harmonic generation, grants access to atomic-scale electron dynamics. Limited by space charge effects determining the admissible number of photoelectrons ejected during each laser pulse, multidimensional (i.e. spatially or angle-resolved) attosecond photoelectron spectroscopy of solids and nanostructures requires high-photon-energy, broadband high harmonic sources operating at high repetition rates. Here, we present a high-conversion-efficiency, 18.4-MHz-repetition-rate cavity-enhanced high harmonic source emitting 5 × 105 photons per pulse in the 25-to-60-eV range, releasing 1 × 1010 photoelectrons per second from a 10-µm-diameter spot on tungsten, at space charge distortions of only a few tens of meV. Broadband, time-of-flight photoelectron detection with nearly 100% temporal duty cycle evidences a count rate improvement between two and three orders of magnitude over state-of-the-art attosecond photoelectron spectroscopy experiments under identical space charge conditions. The measurement time reduction and the photon energy scalability render this technology viable for next-generation, high-repetition-rate, multidimensional attosecond metrology.
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- T Saule
- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Am Coulombwall 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Am Coulombwall 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Am Coulombwall 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Am Coulombwall 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Am Coulombwall 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik (IOF), Albert-Einstein-Str. 7, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik (IOF), Albert-Einstein-Str. 7, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik (ILT), Steinbachstr. 15, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik (ILT), Steinbachstr. 15, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik (ILT), Steinbachstr. 15, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik (ILT), Steinbachstr. 15, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Angewandte Physik (IAP), Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Active Fiber Systems GmbH (AFS), Wildenbruchstr. 15, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Am Coulombwall 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Am Coulombwall 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany.
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Corder C, Zhao P, Bakalis J, Li X, Kershis MD, Muraca AR, White MG, Allison TK. Ultrafast extreme ultraviolet photoemission without space charge. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2018; 5:054301. [PMID: 30246049 PMCID: PMC6127013 DOI: 10.1063/1.5045578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Time- and Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy from surfaces can be used to record the dynamics of electrons and holes in condensed matter on ultrafast time scales. However, ultrafast photoemission experiments using extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) light have previously been limited by either space-charge effects, low photon flux, or limited tuning range. In this article, we describe XUV photoelectron spectroscopy experiments with up to 5 nA of average sample current using a tunable cavity-enhanced high-harmonic source operating at 88 MHz repetition rate. The source delivers >1011 photons/s in isolated harmonics to the sample over a broad photon energy range from 18 to 37 eV with a spot size of 58 × 100 μm2. From photoelectron spectroscopy data, we place conservative upper limits on the XUV pulse duration and photon energy bandwidth of 93 fs and 65 meV, respectively. The high photocurrent, lack of strong space charge distortions of the photoelectron spectra, and excellent isolation of individual harmonic orders allow us to observe laser-induced modifications of the photoelectron spectra at the 10-4 level, enabling time-resolved XUV photoemission experiments in a qualitatively new regime.
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
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Lavenu L, Natile M, Guichard F, Zaouter Y, Delen X, Hanna M, Mottay E, Georges P. Nonlinear pulse compression based on a gas-filled multipass cell. OPTICS LETTERS 2018; 43:2252-2255. [PMID: 29762565 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.002252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We demonstrate nonlinear temporal compression of a high-energy Yb-doped fiber laser source in a multipass cell filled with argon. The 160 μJ 275 fs input pulses are compressed down to 135 μJ 33 fs at the output, corresponding to an overall transmission of 85%. We also analyze the output beam, revealing essentially no space-time couplings. We believe this technique can be scalable to higher pulse energies and shorter pulse durations, enabling access to a wider parameter range for a large variety of ultrafast laser sources.
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