Multi-pass cell-based nonlinear pulse compression of Yb:YAG pump-probe lasers at FLASH

M. Seidel; A.-L. Viotti; S. Alisauskas; A. Tajalli; O. Akcaalan; J. Darvill; N. Ekanayake; U. Grosse-Wortmann; C. Li; C. Mohr; F. Pressacco; N. Schirmel; A. Swiderski; H. Tavakol; H. Tünnermann; C. Vidoli; L. Winkelmann; C. M. Heyl; B. Manschwetus; H. Cankaya; I. Hartl

doi:10.1117/12.2665321

9 June 2023 Multi-pass cell-based nonlinear pulse compression of Yb:YAG pump-probe lasers at FLASH

M. Seidel, A.-L. Viotti, S. Alisauskas, A. Tajalli, O. Akcaalan, J. Darvill, N. Ekanayake, U. Grosse-Wortmann, C. Li, C. Mohr, F. Pressacco, N. Schirmel, A. Swiderski, H. Tavakol, H. Tünnermann, C. Vidoli, L. Winkelmann, C. M. Heyl, B. Manschwetus, H. Cankaya, I. Hartl

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Proceedings Volume 12581, X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers: Advances in Source Development and Instrumentation VI; 125810O (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665321
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic

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The majority of user experiments at the high repetition-rate free electron laser (FEL) facility FLASH are of pump-probe type, combining the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) or soft x-ray radiation from the FEL with ultrashort pulses generated by optical lasers. In this contribution, we demonstrate the advantages of using high-power Yb:YAG lasers with subsequent nonlinear pulse compression stages based on multi-pass cells (MPC). The approach enables the combination of hundreds of kHz to MHz repetition-rates, hundreds of watts of average powers and excellent intensity stabilities. We present the characteristics of the MPC-based pump-probe laser at the FLASH plane-grating beamlines. Furthermore, we report pulse compression to 8.2 fs pulse duration and the seeding of an optical parametric amplifier generating mid-IR radiation tunable from 1.4 µm to 16 µm.

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M. Seidel, A.-L. Viotti, S. Alisauskas, A. Tajalli, O. Akcaalan, J. Darvill, N. Ekanayake, U. Grosse-Wortmann, C. Li, C. Mohr, F. Pressacco, N. Schirmel, A. Swiderski, H. Tavakol, H. Tünnermann, C. Vidoli, L. Winkelmann, C. M. Heyl, B. Manschwetus, H. Cankaya, and I. Hartl "Multi-pass cell-based nonlinear pulse compression of Yb:YAG pump-probe lasers at FLASH", Proc. SPIE 12581, X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers: Advances in Source Development and Instrumentation VI, 125810O (9 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665321

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