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Donatas Zigmantas. Portrait.

Donatas Zigmantas

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Donatas Zigmantas. Portrait.

Generation and compression of 10-fs deep ultraviolet pulses at high repetition rate using standard optics

Author

  • Lukas Bruder
  • Lukas Wittenbecher
  • Pavel V. Kolesnichenko
  • Donatas Zigmantas

Summary, in English

The generation and characterization of ultrashort laser pulses in the deep ultraviolet spectral region is challenging, especially at high pulse repetition rates and low pulse energies. Here, we combine achromatic second harmonic generation and adaptive pulse compression for the efficient generation of sub-10 fs deep ultraviolet laser pulses at a laser repetition rate of 200 kHz. Furthermore, we simplify the pulse compression scheme and reach pulse durations of ≈10 fs without the use of adaptive optics. We demonstrate straight-forward tuning from 250 to 320 nm, broad pulse spectra of up to 63 nm width, excellent stability and a high robustness against misalignment. These features make the approach appealing for numerous spectroscopy and imaging applications.

Department/s

  • Chemical Physics
  • NanoLund: Centre for Nanoscience
  • Synchrotron Radiation Research

Publishing year

2021

Language

English

Pages

25593-25604

Publication/Series

Optics Express

Volume

29

Issue

16

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Optical Society of America

Topic

  • Physical Sciences

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1094-4087