Our scientific mission is to advance ultrafast laser technology, explore new areas of coherent light generation, and apply our uniquely tailored ultrafast sources to better understand chemical, biological, and physical processes.
Optical rectification of femtosecond pulses in lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) with tilted-pulse-front (TPF) velocity matching is the workhorse for generating intense, single-cycle THz transients. Historically these sources have been driven by low-repetition-rate amplifiers (~1 kHz), delivering high pulse energy but modest average power and slow data acquisition. This project targets a new regime: high-repetition-rate (100 kHz–MHz), Yb-based pumping to maximize average THz power, signal-to-noise, and measurement speed, However this new regime come with it set of challenges.
