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Apparatus and methods for controlling carrier envelope phase of low repetition rate pulses

US9225137B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

University of Central Florida Research Foundation · US

Inventors

Zenghu Chang · Manhattan, US
Yi Wu · Taichung, TW
Eric Cunningham · Malden, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2014
Grant date	Dec 29, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S3/2316
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The carrier-envelope phase (CEP) of a laser pulse has been shown to influence many physical processes such as pulse propagation through polar molecules, cross-phase modulation, ponderomotive surface-plasmon electron acceleration, photoemission from metallic surfaces, terahertz emission from the laser breakdown of air, above-threshold ionization, high harmonic generation, and attosecond pulse generation. Current technology does not allow for the CEP stabilization of chirped pulse amplification (CPA) systems operating at a repetition rate much lower than a kHz. The inventors disclose apparatus and methods that enable CEP control in CPA systems operating at arbitrarily-low repetition rates.

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