27 W 2.1 µm OPCPA system for coherent soft X-ray generation operating at 10 kHz

T Feng, A Heilmann, M Bock, L Ehrentraut, T Witting… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We developed a high power optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) system
at 2.1? µm harnessing a 500? W Yb: YAG thin disk laser as the only pump and signal …

Generation of 2 μm few-cycle laser pulse with dual laser filaments nonlinear processes

T Feng, J Shang, S Zhao, K Yang, T Li… - Optics & Laser …, 2023 - Elsevier
For the first time, we propose a new scheme for generating few-cycle 2 μm seed laser pulse
in an optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) front-end. The 2 μm ultrafast seed …

High-average Power, Soft X-ray Generation Driver at 2.1 μm

R Maksimenka, T Pinoteau, N Forget… - 2023 Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing brilliance of table-top, coherent soft X-ray sources make them compelling
alternatives to particle-accelerator-based, large-scale facility light sources such as …