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Sub-picosecond pulses at 100 W average power from a Yb:YLF chirped-pulse amplification system
July 1, 2012
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Opt. Lett., Vol. 37, No. 13, 1 July 2012, pp. 2700-2702.
Summary
We present a high-repetition-frequency, diode-pumped, and chirped-pulse amplification system operating at 106 W average output with excellent beam quality (M^2 = 1.3), based on cryogenically cooled Yb:YLF. 1 nJ seed pulses, derived from a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser, are first amplified to 1 mJ pulse energy at 10 kHz repetition frequency in a regenerative amplifier. The second-stage, multipass amplifier increases the pulse energy to 10.6 mJ, resulting in a spectral width of 2.2 nm. The pulses are compressed to 865 fs in duration, which is 1.26 times the transform limit.
Summary
We present a high-repetition-frequency, diode-pumped, and chirped-pulse amplification system operating at 106 W average output with excellent beam quality (M^2 = 1.3), based on cryogenically cooled Yb:YLF. 1 nJ seed pulses, derived from a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser, are first amplified to 1 mJ pulse energy at 10 kHz repetition frequency...
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