High-Power Solid-State Near- and Mid-IR Ultrafast Laser Sources for Strong-Field Science
This review highlights the development of ultrafast sources in the near- and middle-IR range, developed in the laboratory of Nonlinear Optics and Superstrong Laser Fields at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The design of laser systems is based on a powerful ultrafast Cr:Forsterite system as a fron...
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| description | This review highlights the development of ultrafast sources in the near- and middle-IR range, developed in the laboratory of Nonlinear Optics and Superstrong Laser Fields at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The design of laser systems is based on a powerful ultrafast Cr:Forsterite system as a front-end and the subsequent nonlinear conversion of radiation into the mid-IR, THz, and UV spectral range. Various schemes of optical parametric amplifiers based on oxide and non-oxide crystals pumped with Cr:Forsterite laser can receive pulses in the range of 4–6 µm with gigawatt peak power. Alternative sources of mid-IR ultrashort laser pulses at a relatively high (MHz) repetition rate are also proposed as difference frequency generators and as a femtosecond mode-locked oscillator based on an Fe:ZnSe crystal. Iron ion-doped chalcogenides (Fe:ZnSe and Fe:CdSe) are shown to be effective gain media for broadband high-peak power mid-IR pulses in this spectral range. The developed sources pave the way for advanced research in strong-field science. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5379a5dabfe4b1f9e26a05f4df9f3172023-11-23T21:41:19ZengMDPI AGPhotonics2304-67322022-02-01929010.3390/photonics9020090High-Power Solid-State Near- and Mid-IR Ultrafast Laser Sources for Strong-Field ScienceAndrey Pushkin0Ekaterina Migal1Dina Suleimanova2Evgeniy Mareev3Fedor Potemkin4Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, RussiaFaculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, RussiaFaculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, RussiaFaculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, RussiaFaculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, RussiaThis review highlights the development of ultrafast sources in the near- and middle-IR range, developed in the laboratory of Nonlinear Optics and Superstrong Laser Fields at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The design of laser systems is based on a powerful ultrafast Cr:Forsterite system as a front-end and the subsequent nonlinear conversion of radiation into the mid-IR, THz, and UV spectral range. Various schemes of optical parametric amplifiers based on oxide and non-oxide crystals pumped with Cr:Forsterite laser can receive pulses in the range of 4–6 µm with gigawatt peak power. Alternative sources of mid-IR ultrashort laser pulses at a relatively high (MHz) repetition rate are also proposed as difference frequency generators and as a femtosecond mode-locked oscillator based on an Fe:ZnSe crystal. Iron ion-doped chalcogenides (Fe:ZnSe and Fe:CdSe) are shown to be effective gain media for broadband high-peak power mid-IR pulses in this spectral range. The developed sources pave the way for advanced research in strong-field science.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/9/2/90mid-IRfemtosecondchalcogenidesoptical parametric amplifiersstrong-field scienceultrafast nonlinear phenomena |
| spellingShingle | Andrey Pushkin Ekaterina Migal Dina Suleimanova Evgeniy Mareev Fedor Potemkin High-Power Solid-State Near- and Mid-IR Ultrafast Laser Sources for Strong-Field Science Photonics mid-IR femtosecond chalcogenides optical parametric amplifiers strong-field science ultrafast nonlinear phenomena |
| title | High-Power Solid-State Near- and Mid-IR Ultrafast Laser Sources for Strong-Field Science |
| title_full | High-Power Solid-State Near- and Mid-IR Ultrafast Laser Sources for Strong-Field Science |
| title_fullStr | High-Power Solid-State Near- and Mid-IR Ultrafast Laser Sources for Strong-Field Science |
| title_full_unstemmed | High-Power Solid-State Near- and Mid-IR Ultrafast Laser Sources for Strong-Field Science |
| title_short | High-Power Solid-State Near- and Mid-IR Ultrafast Laser Sources for Strong-Field Science |
| title_sort | high power solid state near and mid ir ultrafast laser sources for strong field science |
| topic | mid-IR femtosecond chalcogenides optical parametric amplifiers strong-field science ultrafast nonlinear phenomena |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/9/2/90 |
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