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Articles published in peer-reviewed journals

[1]         C. Paradis, N. Modsching, V. J. Wittwer, B. Deppe, C. Kränkel, and T. Südmeyer, “Generation of 35-fs pulses from a Kerr lens mode-locked Yb:Lu2O3 thin-disk laser,” Opt. Express 25(13), 14918–14925 (2017).

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.014918

Paper highlighted as an Editor's Pick

 

[2]         F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, V. J. Wittwer, A. Diebold, C. Paradis, N. Modsching, L. Merceron, F. Emaury, I. J. Graumann, C. R. Phillips, C. J. Saraceno, C. Kränkel, U. Keller, and T. Südmeyer, “Extreme ultraviolet light source at a megahertz repetition rate based on high-harmonic generation inside a mode-locked thin-disk laser oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 42(24), 5170–5173 (2017).

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.42.005170

 

[3]         N. Modsching, C. Paradis, F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, I. J. Graumann, A. Diebold, F. Emaury, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Kerr lens mode-locked Yb:CALGO thin-disk laser,” Opt. Lett. 43(4), 879–882 (2018).

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.43.000879

 

[4]         C. Paradis, “Novel Ultrafast High-Power Thin-Disk Laser Oscillators and Applications for Metrology and XUV Generation,” PhD Thesis, Université de Neuchâtel (2017).

http://www.unine.ch/ltf/home/publications/theses.html

 

[5]         C. Paradis, J. Drs, N. Modsching, O. Razskazovskaya, F. Meyer, C. Kränkel, C. J. Saraceno, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Broadband terahertz pulse generation driven by an ultrafast thin-disk laser oscillator,” Opt. Express 26(20), 26377-26384 (2018).

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.026377

 

[6]          N. Modsching, C. Paradis, P. Brochard, N. Jornod, K. Gürel, C. Kränkel, S. Schilt, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Carrier-envelope offset frequency stabilization of a thin-disk laser oscillator operating in the strongly self-phase modulation broadened regime,” Opt. Express 26(22), 28461-28468 (2018).

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.028461

 

[7]          N. Modsching, J. Drs, J. Fischer, C. Paradis, F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, C. Kränkel, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Sub-100-fs Kerr lens mode-locked Yb:Lu2O3 thin-disk laser oscillator operating at 21 W average power,” Opt. Express 27, 16111-16120 (2019).

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.016111

 

International conferences

(Presenting author underlined)

[1]         C. J. Saraceno, C. Paradis, L. Merceron, M. Gaponenko, S. Schilt, and T. Südmeyer, “Multi-megahertz repetition rate high-power THz sources based on modelocked thin-disk lasers,” presented at NCCR MUST Annual Meeting 2015, Switzerland, Engelberg, January 12-14, 2015.

 

[2]         L. Merceron, A. Diebold, F. Emaury, C. Paradis, C. Schriber, M. Gaponenko, C. J. Saraceno, U. Keller, and T. Südmeyer, “Toward intracavity high harmonic generation with thin disk lasers,” presented at NCCR MUST Annual Meeting 2015, Switzerland, Engelberg, January 12-14, 2015.

 

[3]         C. Paradis, J. Gateau, B. Debord, F. Gérôme, S. Hermelin, L. Bonacina, C. J. Saraceno, T. Südmeyer, F. Benabid, and J.-P. Wolf, “Beam transmission and spectral broadening of deep-UV femtosecond pulses in Kagome-type hollow-core photonic crystal fibers,” presented at NCCR MUST Annual Meeting 2015, Switzerland, Engelberg, January 12-14, 2015.

 

[4]         C. J. Saraceno, C. Paradis, L. Merceron, M. Gaponenko, S. Schilt, and T. Südmeyer, “Multi-megahertz repetition rate high-power THz sources based on modelocked thin-disk lasers,” presented at International school on parametric nonlinear optics, Les Houches, France, April 20-Mai 1, 2015.

 

[5]         C. Paradis, N. Modsching, L. Merceron, F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Multi-megahertz repetition rate high power THz spectroscopy,” presented at NCCR MUST Annual Meeting 2016, Switzerland, Engelberg, January 11-13, 2016.

 

[6]         L. Merceron, F. Labaye, C. Paradis, N. Modsching, M. Gaponenko, A. Diebold, F. Emaury, C. J. Saraceno, U. Keller, and T. Südmeyer, “Toward intracavity high harmonic generation with thin-disk oscillators,” presented at NCCR MUST Annual Meeting 2016, Switzerland, Engelberg, January 11-13, 2016.

 

[7]         N. Modsching, C. Paradis, L. Merceron, F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, M. Hoffmann, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “High-power femtosecond mode-locked thin-disk oscillators: from power-scaling towards novel applications,” presented at Swiss Physical Society Annual Meeting, Switzerland, Lugano, August 23, 2016.

 

[8]         C. Paradis, N. Modsching, L. Merceron, F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, M. Hoffmann, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Multi-megahertz repetition-rate THz generation driven by high-power thin-disk oscillator,” presented at Swiss Physical Society Annual Meeting, Switzerland, Lugano, August 23, 2016.

 

[9]         C. Paradis, N. Modsching, V. J. Wittwer, B. Deppe, C. Kränkel, and T. Südmeyer, “128-fs Pulses from a Kerr-Lens Modelocked Yb:LuO Thin-Disk Laser,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), talk SM1I.3.

https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2017.SM1I.3

 

[10]     N. Modsching, C. Paradis, V. J. Wittwer, B. Deppe, C. Kränkel, and T. Südmeyer, “64-fs Pulses from a Kerr-Lens Modelocked Yb:LuO Thin-Disk Laser,” in 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and European Quantum Electronics Conference, (Optical Society of America, 2017), talk CA_7_1.

https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=CLEO_Europe-2017-CA_7_1

 

[11]     C. Paradis, N. Modsching, M. Gaponenko, F. Labaye, F. Emaury, A. Diebold, I. Graumann, B. Deppe, C. Kränkel, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Sub-50-fs Kerr Lens Mode-Locked Thin-Disk Lasers,” in 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and European Quantum Electronics Conference, (Optical Society of America, 2017), talk PD_1_4.

https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=EQEC-2017-PD_1_4

Oral presentation given during the postdeadline session

 

[12]     M. Gaponenko, F. Labaye, V. J. Wittwer, C. Paradis, N. Modsching, L. Merceron, A. Diebold, F. Emaury, I. Graumann, C. Phillips, C. J. Saraceno, C. Kränkel, U. Keller, and T. Sudmeyer, “Compact Megahertz Coherent XUV Generation by HHG inside an Ultrafast Thin Disk Laser,” in Nonlinear Optics, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), talk NTh3A.1.

https://doi.org/10.1364/NLO.2017.NTh3A.1

Oral presentation given during the postdeadline session

 

[13]     N. Modsching, C. Paradis, F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Kerr lens mode-locked femtosecond thin-disk lasers: towards powerful sub-50 fs oscillators,” presented at Joint Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society Austrian Physical Society, Switzerland, Geneva, August 24, 2017.

 

[14]     M. S. Gaponenko, F. Labaye, V. J. Wittwer, C. Paradis, N. Modsching, L. Merceron, A. Diebold, F. Emaury, I. Graumann, C. R. Phillips, C. J. Saraceno, C. Kränkel, U. Keller, and T. Südmeyer, “High Harmonic Generation (HHG) inside a Modelocked Thin-Disk Laser,” in Frontiers in Optics 2017, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), talk FTh2B.1.

https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2017.FTh2B.1

 

[15]     N. Modsching, C. Paradis, M. Gaponenko, F. Labaye, F. Emaury, A. Diebold, I. Graumann, B. Deppe, C. Kränkel, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Towards Few-Cycle Ultrafast Thin-Disk Lasers,” in Laser Congress 2017 (ASSL, LAC), OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), poster JM5A.41.

https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.2017.JM5A.41

Awarded “outstanding student poster presentation prize”

 

[16]     F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, V. J. Wittwer, C. Paradis, N. Modsching, L. Merceron, A. Diebold, F. Emaury, I. Graumann, C. Phillips, C. J. Saraceno, C. Kränkel, U. Keller, and T. Südmeyer, “SESAM-Modelocked Thin-Disk Laser (TDL) with Intracavity High-Harmonic Generation (HHG),” in Laser Congress 2017 (ASSL, LAC), OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), talk ATh5A.3.

https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.2017.ATh5A.3

 

[17]     C. Paradis, N. Modsching, F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, F. Emaury, A. Diebold, I. Graumann, B. Deppe, C. Kränkel, V. J. Wittwer, T. Südmeyer, “Kerr lens mode-locked thin-disk lasers delivering 30-fs pulses from Yb:CALGO and 35-fs pulses from Yb:Lu2O3,” presented at Ultrafast Optics (UFO) XI, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States, 8–13 Oct. 2017, talk Tu7.2

 

[18]     F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, V. J. Wittwer, C. Paradis, N. Modsching, L. Merceron, A. Diebold, F. Emaury, I. Graumann, C. Phillips, C. J. Saraceno, C. Kränkel, U. Keller, T. Südmeyer, “Compact megahertz repetition rate coherent XUV light source based on HHG inside a modelocked thin-disk laser,” presented at Ultrafast Optics (UFO) XI, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States, 8–13 Oct. 2017, talk Tu7.5.

Invited (upgraded) presentation

 

[19]     N. Modsching, C. Paradis, M. Gaponenko, F. Labaye, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Towards Few-Cycle Ultrafast Thin-Disk Lasers,” presented at NCCR MUST Annual Meeting 2018, Grindelwald, January 22-24, 2018.

 

[20]     F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, V. J. Wittwer, A. Diebold, C. Paradis, N. Modsching, L. Merceron, F. Emaury, I. J. Graumann, C. R. Philips, C. J. Saraceno, C. Kränkel, U. Keller, and T. Südmeyer, "Extreme ultraviolet light source at a megahertz repetition rate based on high-harmonic generation inside a mode-locked thin-disk laser oscillator," presented at MUST Annual Meeting 2018, Grindelwald, January 22-24, 2018.

 

[21]     V. J. Wittwer, M. Hoffmann, C. Paradis, N. Modsching, M. Gaponenko, F. Labaye, T. Südmeyer, “Broadband IBS Coatings for sub-50-fs Pulse Generation from Ultrafast Thin-Disk Lasers,” presented at SPIE Photonics West LASER, Solid State Laser XXVII: Technology and Devices (Conference 10511), San Franscico, California, United States, 27 Jan – 1 Feb. 2018, poster 10511-82.

 

[22]     N. Modsching, C. Paradis, P. Brochard, N. Jornod, K. Gürel, C. Kränkel, S. Schilt, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Frequency Comb Stabilization of a 4 W, 50-fs Thin-Disk Laser Oscillator,” presentated at 32nd European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF 2018), Torino, Italy, April 10-12, 2018.

Awarded “outstanding result prize” in the student paper competition

 

[23]     C. Paradis, N. Modsching, O. Razskazovskaya, J. Drs, F. Meyer, C. J. Saraceno, C. Kränkel, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Broadband THz generation driven by a thin-disk laser oscillator,” presented at EOS Topical Meeting on Terahertz Science & Technology (TST 2018), Berlin, Germany, Mai 6-9, 2018.

 

[24]     N. Modsching, C. Paradis, P. Brochard, N. Jornod, K. Gürel, C. Kränkel, S. Schilt, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Frequency Comb Stabilization of a 50-fs Thin-Disk Laser Oscillator Operating in a Strongly SPM-broadened Regime,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2018), paper SM4L.6.

https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2018.SM4L.6

 

[25]     C. Paradis, N. Modsching, M. Gaponenko, F. Labaye, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Frontiers in Ultrafast Thin-Disk Laser Oscillators,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2018), paper SF2N.3.

https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2018.SF2N.3

Invited presentation

 

[26]     N. Modsching, C. Paradis, M. Gaponenko, F. Labaye, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Towards few-cycle pulses from ultrafast thin disk lasers,” presented at 18th International Conference on Laser Optics (ICLO 2018), St. Petersburg, Russia, June 4-8, 2018.

Invited presentation

 

[27]     F. Labaye, M. Gaponenko, V. J. Wittwer, A. Diebold, C. Paradis, N. Modsching, L. Merceron, F. Emaury, I. J. Graumann, C. R. Phillips, C. J. Saraceno, C. Kränkel, U. Keller, and T. Südmeyer, “Extreme Ultraviolet Light Source by High-Harmonic Generation Inside an Ultrafast Thin-Disk Laser,” in Advanced Photonics 2018 (BGPP, IPR, NP, NOMA, Sensors, Networks, SPPCom, SOF), OSA Techncail Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2018), paper NpTh1C.8.

https://doi.org/10.1364/NP.2018.NpTh1C.8

 

[28]     C. Kränkel, E. Castellano-Hernández, A. Uvarova, P. von Brunn, C. Paradis, N. Modsching, V. J. Wittwer, T. Südmeyer, and A. M. Heuer, “Advanced Materials for Multi-Wavelength, High Power and Short Pulse Solid State Lasers,” presented at OPTIQUE Toulouse 2018, Toulouse, France, 3-6 July, 2018.

Invited presentation

 

[29]     J. Drs, C. Paradis, N. Modsching, O. Razskazovskaya, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Broadband THz source based on thin-disk laser oscillators,” presented at Swiss Physical Society Annual Meeting, Switzerland, Lausanne, August 28-31, 2018, oral #201.

 

[30]     C. Paradis, N. Modsching, O. Razskazovskaya, J. Drs, F. Meyer, C. Kränkel, C. J. Saraceno, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “50-fs thin-disk laser oscillator generating broadband THz pulses,” presented at the 8th EPS-QEOD Europhoton conference, Barcelona, Spain, September 2-7, 2018, oral ThA1.1.

 

[31]     M. Gaponenko, F. Labaye, P. Brochard, N. Modsching, K. Gürel, V. J. Wittwer, C. Paradis, C. Kränkel, S. Schilt, and T. Südmeyer, “CEO frequency stabilization of a thin disk laser with intra-cavity high harmonic generation,” presented at the 8th EPS-QEOD Europhoton conference, Barcelona, Spain, September 2-7, 2018, oral FrM2.6.

 

[32]     C. Paradis, N. Modsching, O. Razskazovskaya, J. Drs, F. Meyer, C. Kränkel, C. J. Saraceno, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Thin-Disk Laser Oscillator Driving THz Generation Up To 6 THz,” in 2018 43rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW THz-2018), Nagoya, Japan, September 9-14, 2018, oral Tu-P1-1c-4.

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2018.8509841

 

[33]     N. Modsching, C. Paradis, J. Drs, J. Fischer, O. Razskazovskaya, F, Labaye, M. Gaponenko, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “New Frontiers in Ultrafast Thin-Disk Lasers,” presented at International Symposium on Ultrafast Science (ISUS 2018), Lausanne, Switzerland, November 28-30, 2018, poster.

 

[34]     J. Drs, N. Modsching, C. Paradis, O. Razskazovskaya, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “THz generation driven by a thin-disk laser oscillator,” presented at International Symposium on Ultrafast Science (ISUS 2018), Lausanne, Switzerland, November 28-30, 2018, poster.

 

[35]     N. Modsching, J. Drs, J. Fischer, C. Paradis, F, Labaye, M. Gaponenko, O. Razskazovskaya, C. Kränkel, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “Broadband IBS coatings for new frontiers of sub-100-fs thin-disk laser oscillators,” presented at 9th NCCR MUST Annual Meeting 2019, Grindelwald, January 14-16, 2019, poster #64.

 

[36]     J. Drs, N. Modsching, C. Paradis, O. Razskazovskaya, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “High power broadband THz source based on an ultrafast Yb-based thin-disk laser oscillator,” presented at 9th NCCR MUST Annual Meeting 2019, Grindelwald, January 14-16, 2019, poster #63.

 

[37]     N. Modsching, J. Drs, J. Fischer, C. Paradis, F, Labaye, M. Gaponenko, C. Kränkel, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “21 W average power sub-100-fs Yb:Lu2O3 thin-disk laser,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2019), paper SF3E.4.

https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2019.SF3E.4

 

[38]     J. Drs, N. Modsching, C. Paradis, C. Kränkel, V. J. Wittwer, O. Razskazovskaya and T. Südmeyer, “New horizons for high power broadband THz sources driven by ultrafast Yb-based thin disk laser oscillators,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2019), paper STh3F.5.

https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2019.STh3F.5

 

[39]     N. Modsching, J. Drs, J. Fischer, C. Paradis, F, Labaye, M. Gaponenko, C. Kränkel, V. J. Wittwer, and T. Südmeyer, “95-fs Yb:Lu2O3 Thin-Disk Laser Operating at 21 W Average Power,” accepted for oral presentation at CLEO Europe 2019, Munich, Germany, June 23-27, 2019.

 

[40]     J. Drs, N. Modsching, C. Paradis, C. Kränkel, V. J. Wittwer, O. Razskazovskaya and T. Südmeyer, “High-Power 0.33 mW Broadband THz Source Driven by an Ultrafast Yb-based Thin-Disk Laser Oscillator,” accepted for oral presentation at CLEO Europe 2019, Munich, Germany, June 23-27, 2019.

 

Acknowledgement in articles published in peer-reviewed journals

[1]         F. Emaury, A. Diebold, C. J. Saraceno, and U. Keller, “Compact extreme ultraviolet source at megahertz pulse repetition rate with a low-noise ultrafast thin-disk laser oscillator,” Optica 2(11), 980-984 (2015).

https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.2.000980

 

[2]         F. Meyer, N. Hekmat, S. Mansourzadeh, F. Fobbe, F. Aslani, M. Hoffmann, and C. J. Saraceno, “Optical rectification of a 100  W average power mode-locked thin-disk oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 43(24), 5909-5912 (2018).

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.43.005909

Paper highlighted as an Editor's Pick

 

Seminars, courses, press release and public presentations

[1]          C. Paradis, “Nouveaux oscillateurs laser ultra-rapides de haute puissance et leurs applications,” thesis public presentation, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Mai 25, 2018.

https://www.unine.ch/sciences/home/Instituts_recherche/agenda_des_theses/archives-2018.html

 

[2]          C. Paradis, “Lasers ultra-rapides: de nouveaux outils pour sonder la matière,” press release, University of Neuchâtel, Mai 29, 2018.
https://www.unine.ch/unine/home/pour-les-medias/communiques-de-presse/lasers-ultra-rapides-de-nouveaux.html

http://www5.unine.ch/newsletter/2018mai_univ_lasers.html

 

[3]          C. Paradis, “Un laser ultra rapide pour sonder la matière,” broadcasted during the CQFD science program on La Première (Radio Télévision Suisse, RTS), Lausanne, Switzerland, Mai 29, 2018.
https://www.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/cqfd/9570555-un-laser-ultra-rapide-pour-sonder-la-matiere-29-05-2018.html?mediaShare=1

http://avisdexperts.ch/videos/view/8447

 

[4]          C. Paradis, “Il invente le laser le plus puissant du monde,” broadcasted during the news on Canal Alpha, Switzerland, August 2, 2018.

http://www.canalalpha.ch/actu/il-invente-le-laser-le-plus-puissant-du-monde/