Nonlinear compression toward high-energy single-cycle pulses by cascaded focus and compression

MS Tsai, AY Liang, CL Tsai, PW Lai, MW Lin… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The advancement of contemporary ultrafast science requires reliable sources to provide
high-energy few-cycle light pulses. Through experiments and simulations, we demonstrate …

Nanoengineered spintronic-metasurface terahertz emitters enable beam steering and full polarization control

S Wang, W Qin, S Zhang, Y Lou, C Liu, T Wu, Q He… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The demand for emerging applications at the terahertz frequencies motivates the
development of novel and multifunctional devices for the generation and manipulation of …

Single thin-plate compression of multi-TW laser pulses to 3.9 fs

S Tóth, RS Nagymihály, I Seres, L Lehotai, J Csontos… - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Post-compression of 12-fs laser pulses with multi-TW peak power from an optical parametric
chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) system was performed by using a single thin fused …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible generation of structured terahertz fields via programmable exchange-biased spintronic emitters

S Wang, W Qin, T Guan, J Liu, Q Cai, S Zhang, L Zhou… - eLight, 2024 - Springer
Structured light, particularly in the terahertz frequency range, holds considerable potential
for a diverse range of applications. However, the generation and control of structured …

Nonrelativistic and nonmagnetic terahertz-wave generation via ultrafast current control in anisotropic conductive heterostructures

S Zhang, Y Cui, S Wang, H Chen, Y Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Precise and ultrafast control over photo-induced charge currents across nanoscale
interfaces could lead to important applications in energy harvesting, ultrafast electronics …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafast quantum control of atomic excited states via interferometric two-photon Rabi oscillations

Y Chen, S Peng, Z Fu, L Qiu, G Fan, Y Liu… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Quantum-state manipulation through coherent interaction with a radiation field is a
fundamental process with broad implications in quantum optics and quantum information …

Extension of the bright high-harmonic photon energy range via nonadiabatic critical phase matching

Z Fu, Y Chen, S Peng, B Zhu, B Li… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The concept of critical ionization fraction has been essential for high-harmonic generation,
because it dictates the maximum driving laser intensity while preserving the phase matching …

Operation at 1 MHz of 1.7-cycle multiple plate compression at 35-W average output power

T Okamoto, Y Kunihashi, Y Shinohara, H Sanada… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We generate 1.7-cycle and 35-µJ pulses at a 1-MHz repetition rate by using two-stage
multiple plate continuum compression of Yb-laser pulses with 80-W average input power. By …

Efficient nonlinear pulse compression to 20 fs based on an all-solid-state periodic self-focusing system

Z Gao, J Guo, Y Gao, X Liang - Optics & Laser Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Ultrafast lasers with high average power and excellent spatial characteristics have been
sought after in the ultrafast optics field. In this work, we propose and experimentally …

Numerical investigation of gas-filled multipass cells in the enhanced dispersion regime for clean spectral broadening and pulse compression

VWS Staels, EC Jarque, D Carlson, M Hemmer… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We show via numerical simulations that the regime of enhanced frequency chirp can be
achieved in gas-filled multipass cells. Our results demonstrate that there exists a region of …