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1-MHz operation of 1.7-cycle multiple plate compression at 35-W average output power

Optics 2023-05-09 v2

Abstract

We generated 1.7-cycle and 35-μ\muJ pulses at a 1-MHz repetition rate by using two-stage multiple plate continuum compression of Yb-laser pulses with 80-W average input power. By adjusting the plate positions with careful consideration of the thermal lensing effect due to the high average power, we compressed the output pulse with a 184-fs initial duration to 5.7 fs by using only group-delay-dispersion compensation. This pulse achieved a sufficient beam quality (M2M^2 < 1.5) reaching a focused intensity over 1014^{14} W/cm2^2 and a high spatial-spectral homogeneity (98%). Our study holds promise for a MHz-isolated-attosecond-pulse source for advanced attosecond spectroscopic and imaging technologies with unprecedentedly high signal-to-noise ratios.

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@article{arxiv.2210.12976,
  title  = {1-MHz operation of 1.7-cycle multiple plate compression at 35-W average output power},
  author = {Takuya Okamoto and Yoji Kunihashi and Yasushi Shinohara and Haruki Sanada and Ming-Chang Chen and Katsuya Oguri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.12976},
  year   = {2023}
}

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4 pages, 6 figures