Frequency down-conversion of solid-state laser sources to the mid-infrared spectral range using non-oxide nonlinear crystals

V Petrov - Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2015 - Elsevier
The development of parametric devices down-converting the laser frequency to the mid-
infrared (3–30 µm) based on non-oxide nonlinear optical crystals is reviewed. Such devices …

Third-generation femtosecond technology

H Fattahi, HG Barros, M Gorjan, T Nubbemeyer… - Optica, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Femtosecond pulse generation was pioneered four decades ago using mode-locked dye
lasers, which dominated the field for the following 20 years. Dye lasers were then replaced …

Design criteria for ultrafast optical parametric amplifiers

C Manzoni, G Cerullo - Journal of Optics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Coherent pulse synthesis: towards sub‐cycle optical waveforms

C Manzoni, OD Mücke, G Cirmi, S Fang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Challenges for develo** photo-induced phase transition (PIPT) systems: from classical (incoherent) to quantum (coherent) control of PIPT dynamics

S Koshihara, T Ishikawa, Y Okimoto, K Onda, R Fukaya… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
This work reviews the experimental studies on photo-induced cooperative phenomena
(photo-induced phase transitions, PIPT), which are related to ultrafast structural and …

Femtosecond laser induced phenomena in transparent solid materials: Fundamentals and applications

D Tan, KN Sharafudeen, Y Yue, J Qiu - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The interaction of intense femtosecond laser pulses with transparent materials is a topic that
has caused great interest of scientists over the past two decades. It will continue to be a …

Introduction to macroscopic power scaling principles for high-order harmonic generation

CM Heyl, CL Arnold, A Couairon… - Journal of Physics B …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This tutorial presents an introduction to power scaling concepts for high-order harmonic
generation (HHG) and attosecond pulse production. We present an overview of state-of-the …

[HTML][HTML] Metal material processing using femtosecond lasers: Theories, principles, and applications

Z He, L Lei, S Lin, S Tian, W Tian, Z Yu, F Li - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Metal material processing using femtosecond lasers is a useful technique, and it has been
widely employed in many applications including laser microfabrication, laser surgery, and …

[PDF][PDF] Table-top optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers: past and present

A Dubietis, A Matijošius - Opto-Electron. Adv., 2023 - researching.cn
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 …

Energetic sub-2-cycle laser with 216 W average power

S Hädrich, M Kienel, M Müller, A Klenke, J Rothhardt… - Optics letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Few-cycle lasers are essential for many research areas such as attosecond physics that
promise to address fundamental questions in science and technology. Therefore, further …