Regenerative thin disk amplifier with combined gain spectra producing 500 µJ sub 200 fs pulses
Author(s) -
Udo Buenting,
Hakan Sayınc,
Dieter Wandt,
Uwe Morgner,
Dietmar Kracht
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.008046
Subject(s) - optics , materials science , amplifier , femtosecond , regenerative amplification , pulse compression , spectral line , optical amplifier , optoelectronics , laser , physics , telecommunications , radar , cmos , computer science , astronomy
An Yb:KYW femtosecond regenerative amplifier with combination of two gain spectra from a single thin disk is presented. The amplifier generated an average power of 10 W after compression at a repetition rate of 20 kHz resulting in a pulse energy of 500 microJ. A bandwidth of 18.6 nm at -20 dB allowed a compression to nearly Fourier-limited pulses with a duration of 185 fs resulting in a peak power of 2.7 GW.
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