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- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
- Readily understable introduction to the field
- Fully illustrated with extensive reference list
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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This thesis presents first successful experiments to carrier-envelope-phase stabilize a high-power mode-locked thin-disk oscillator and to compress the pulses emitted from this laser to durations of only a few-optical cycles. Moreover, the monograph introduces several methods to achieve power-scalability of compression and stabilization techniques. All experimental approaches are compared in detail and may serve as a guideline for developing high-power waveform controlled, few-cycle light sources which offer tremendous potential to exploit extreme nonlinear optical effects at unprecedentedly high repetition rates and to establish table-top infrared light sources with a unique combination of brilliance and bandwidth. As an example, the realization of a multi-Watt, multi-octave spanning, mid-infrared femtosecond source is described. The thesis starts with a basic introduction to the field of ultrafast laser oscillators. It subsequently presents additional details of previously published research results and establishes a connection between them. It therefore addresses both newcomers to, and experts in the field of high-power ultrafast laser development.
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Book Title: A New Generation of High-Power, Waveform Controlled, Few-Cycle Light Sources
Authors: Marcus Seidel
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10791-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10790-1Published: 25 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-10791-8Published: 01 February 2019
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 227
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 104 illustrations in colour
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Quantum Optics, Optical and Electronic Materials