CEP-stable, sub-6 fs, 300-kHz OPCPA system with more than 15 W of average power

Abstract

We report on a CEP-stable OPCPA system reaching multi-GW peak powers at 300 kHz repetition rate. It delivers 15 W of average power, over 50 mu J of compressed pulse energy and a pulse duration below 6 fs. By implementing an additional pump-seed-synchronization, the output parameters are stabilized over hours with power fluctuations of less than 1.5%. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America