Laserlab-Europe
MBI - 100 kHz, dual-beam, 1.5/3.2 µm ultrafast OPCPA

High repetition rate, sub-10 optical cycle pulses are delivered for driving (i) strong-field attosecond physics experiments utilizing a reaction microscope and (ii) high-harmonic generation in solids.

Laser-based light source parameters

1.5 µm beam

Source type
optical driver
Photon energy range / wavelength range
1400 - 1600 [nm]
Peak Photon energy / central wavelenght
1490 [nm]
Spectral Bandwidth FWHM / %
65 - 70 [nm]
Tunability
2 [%]
Beam shape
Gaussian
Pulse duration FWHM
50 [fs]
Pulse repetition rate
100 * 103 [Hz]
Maximum pulse energy
43 * 10-6 [J]
Peak power
0.81 * 109 [W]

3.2 µm beam

Source type
optical driver
Photon energy range / wavelength range
2900 - 3450 [nm]
Peak Photon energy / central wavelenght
3250 [nm]
Spectral Bandwidth FWHM / %
200 - 220 [nm]
Tunability
2 [%]
Beam shape
Gaussian
Pulse duration FWHM
75 [fs]
Pulse repetition rate
100 * 103 [Hz]
Maximum pulse energy
14 * 10-6 [J]
Peak power
0.18 * 109 [W]
contacts
Mark Mero
Techniques
Absorption
  • Time-resolved studies
Diffraction
  • Time-resolved studies
Ion Spectroscopy
  • Ion imaging
  • Mass spectrometry
Photoelectron emission
  • Angular Resolved PES
  • Photoelectron diffraction
Scattering
  • Coherent scattering
  • Elastic scattering
  • Inelastic scattering
Disciplines
Material Sciences
  • Knowledge based multifunctional materials
Physics
  • Atomic & molecular physics
  • Quantum electronics & optics
control/Data analysis
Control Software Type
  • LabView
Data Output Type
  • binary
Data Output Format
  • txt