Abstract
We present the first measurement of the carrier envelope offset (CEO) frequency of an ultrafast thin disk laser (TDL). The TDL used for this proof-of-principle experiment was based on the gain material Yb:Lu(2)O(3) and delivered 7 W of average power in 142-fs pulses, which is more than two times shorter than previously realized with this material. Using only 65 mW of the output of the laser, we generated a coherent octave-spanning supercontinuum (SC) in a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber (PCF). We detected the CEO beat signal using a standard f-to-2f interferometer, achieving a signal-to-noise ratio of >25 dB (3 kHz resolution bandwidth). The CEO frequency was tunable with the pump current with a slope of 33 kHz/mA. This result opens the door towards high-power frequency combs from unamplified oscillators. Furthermore, it confirms the suitability of these sources for future intralaser extreme nonlinear optics experiments such as high harmonic generation and VUV frequency comb generation from compact sources.
Highlights
Ultrafast thin disk lasers (TDLs), passively modelocked with semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) [1,2], currently achieve higher pulse energies and average powers than any other modelocked oscillator technology
We present the first measurement of the carrier envelope offset (CEO) frequency of an ultrafast thin disk laser (TDL)
Our experimental results represent the first confirmation of the potential of modelocked TDLs as high-power stabilized frequency combs
Summary
Ultrafast thin disk lasers (TDLs), passively modelocked with semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) [1,2], currently achieve higher pulse energies and average powers than any other modelocked oscillator technology. A record-high average power of 200 μW in the UV was achieved using a passive enhancement cavity seeded by a multi-stage Yb-doped fiber amplifier source operating at MHz repetiton rates [9] Driving such highly nonlinear processes requires short pulses durations (
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