Phase-stabilized Ultrafast Laser Sources for Spectroscopy: Ultra-broadband Oscillators, Chirped-pulse Amplifiers, Enhancement Cavities, and selected Applications - Couverture souple

Rauschenberger, Jens

 
9783639018066: Phase-stabilized Ultrafast Laser Sources for Spectroscopy: Ultra-broadband Oscillators, Chirped-pulse Amplifiers, Enhancement Cavities, and selected Applications
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639018060 ISBN 13 : 9783639018066
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

The investigation of laser-matter interactions calls for ever shorter pulses as new effects can thus be explored. With few-cycle laser pulses, the phase of the electric field oscillations becomes important for many applications. This book presents ultrafast laser sources that provide few-cycle pulses with controlled evolution of the electric field. Firstly, a technique for phase-stabilizing ultra-broadband oscillators is discussed. Further, the realization of a phase-stabilized chirped-pulse amplifier is described. Frequency conversion of intense laser pulses by high-order harmonic generation is a common way of producing coherent light in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectral region. Here, high-harmonic generation from solid surfaces under grazing incidence instead from a gas target is studied as higher efficiencies are expected in this configuration. Another approach to increasing the efficiency of high-harmonic generation is the placing of the gas target in an enhancement resonator. Further, the high repetition rate of the XUV pulses enables their use for high-precision optical frequency metrology with the frequency comb technique.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The investigation of laser-matter interactions calls for ever shorter pulses as new effects can thus be explored. With few-cycle laser pulses, the phase of the electric field oscillations becomes important for many applications. This book presents ultrafast laser sources that provide few-cycle pulses with controlled evolution of the electric field. Firstly, a technique for phase-stabilizing ultra-broadband oscillators is discussed. Further, the realization of a phase-stabilized chirped-pulse amplifier is described. Frequency conversion of intense laser pulses by high-order harmonic generation is a common way of producing coherent light in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectral region. Here, high-harmonic generation from solid surfaces under grazing incidence instead from a gas target is studied as higher efficiencies are expected in this configuration. Another approach to increasing the efficiency of high-harmonic generation is the placing of the gas target in an enhancement resonator. Further, the high repetition rate of the XUV pulses enables their use for high-precision optical frequency metrology with the frequency comb technique.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jens Rauschenberger studied physics at ETH Zürich. He conducted his diploma project on the stabilization of fiber lasers at JILA, University of Colorado in the group of Prof. S. Cundiff. Subsequently, he carried out his dissertation on ultrafast lasers at the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics under the supervision of Profs. Krausz and Hänsch.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639018060
ISBN 13 
9783639018066
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
140
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Personne responsable
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