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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Volume 87, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4962867
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- Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA9550-16-1-0164, FA9550-13-1-0109]
- National Science Foundation [1404296]
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- Division Of Chemistry [1404296] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We present a detailed description of the design, construction, and performance of high-power ultrafast Yb: fiber laser frequency combs in operation in our laboratory. We discuss two such laser systems: an 87 MHz, 9 W, 85 fs laser operating at 1060 nm and an 87 MHz, 80 W, 155 fs laser operating at 1035 nm. Both are constructed using low-cost, commercially available components, and can be assembled using only basic tools for cleaving and splicing single-mode fibers. We describe practical methods for achieving and characterizing low-noise single-pulse operation and long-term stability from Yb: fiber oscillators based on nonlinear polarization evolution. Stabilization of the combs using a variety of transducers, including a new method for tuning the carrier-envelope offset frequency, is discussed. High average power is achieved through chirped-pulse amplification in simple fiber amplifiers based on double-clad photonic crystal fibers. We describe the use of these combs in several applications, including ultrasensitive femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy and cavity-enhanced high-order harmonic generation. (C) 2016 Author(s).
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