Contemporary ultrafast science requires reliable sources of high-energy few-cycle light
pulses. Currently two methods are capable of generating such pulses: post compression of …

Ultrafast lasers reaching extremely high powers within short fractions of time enable a
plethora of applications. They grant advanced material processing capabilities, are effective …

The generation of power-and wavelength-scalable few optical cycle pulses remains one of
the major challenges in modern laser physics. Over the past decade, the development of …

The fundamental principles and experimental implementations of multipass cells used as a
platform for nonlinear optics are reviewed. Embedding a nonlinear medium in a multipass …

In this work, we demonstrate postcompression of 1.2 ps laser pulses to 13 fs via gas-based
multipass spectral broadening. Our results yield a single-stage compression factor of about …

Nonlinear propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in bulk transparent media
produces a wealth of physical effects, whose combined action leads to a specific …

We present directly oscillator-driven self-compression inside an all-bulk Herriott-type multi-
pass cell in the near-infrared spectral range. By utilizing precise dispersion management of …

We demonstrate a mid-infrared optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA),
delivering 2.1 µm center wavelength pulses with 20 fs duration and 4.9 mJ energy at 10 kHz …

Soliton dynamics can be used to temporally compress laser pulses to few fs durations in
many different spectral regions. Here we study analytically, numerically and experimentally …

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) from crystals is emerging as a new ultrashort source
of coherent extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light. Doping the crystal structure can offer a new way …