Water-window high harmonic generation with 0.8-µm and 2.2-µm OPCPAs at 100 kHz.

We compare the generation of high-order harmonics in the water window (283-543 eV) with 0.8-µm and 2.2-µm few-cycle lasers at a pulse repetition rate of 100 kHz.

High-power few-cycle near-infrared OPCPA for soft X-ray generation at 100 kHz.

We present a near-infrared optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier (OPCPA) and soft X-ray (SXR) high-harmonic generation system. The OPCPA produces few-cycle pulses at a center wavelength of 800 nm and operates at a high repetition rate of 100 kHz. It is seeded by fully programmable amplitude and phase controlled ultra-broadband pulses from a Ti:sapphire oscillator.

Programmable pulse shaping for time-gated amplifiers.

We experimentally demonstrate a novel use of a spatial light modulator (SLM) for shaping ultrashort pulses in time-gated amplification systems. We show that spectral aberrations because of the device's pixelated nature can be avoided by introducing a group delay offset to the pulse via the SLM, followed by a time-gated amplification. Because of phase wrapping, a large delay offset yields a nearly-periodic grating-like phase function (or a phase grating).

High-power OPCPA generating 1.7 cycle pulses at 2.5 µm.

We present a high-power mid-infrared (mid-IR) optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier (OPCPA) generating 14.4 fs pulses centered at 2.5 µm with an average power of 12.

Decoupling phase-matching bandwidth and interaction geometry using non-collinear quasi-phase-matching gratings.

In optical parametric amplification (OPA) of broadband pulses, a non-collinear angle between the interacting waves is typically introduced in order to achieve broadband phase-matching. Consequently, bandwidth and beam geometry are closely linked. This coupling restricts the geometrical layout of an OPA system.