Title :
High-power Yb-fiber laser system for high-field physics at 10-MHz repetition rate
Author :
Hirayama, Nozomi ; Ozawa, Akira ; Sukegawa, Takashi ; Seki, Takashi ; Kuramoto, Yoshiyuki ; Watanabe, Shuntaro ; Kobayashi, Yohei
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Solid State Phys., Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
Abstract :
We developed 18-W, femtosecond Yb-fiber laser system at 10-MHz repetition rate with large-scale transmission gratings for chirped-pulse amplification. Focused intensity was high enough for highly nonlinear processes such as ionization of atoms.
Keywords :
atom optics; diffraction gratings; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; light transmission; nonlinear optics; ytterbium; Yb; atoms ionization; chirped-pulse amplification; femtosecond fiber laser system; frequency 10 MHz; high-field physics; high-power fiber laser system; large-scale transmission gratings; power 18 W; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Ionization; Laser theory; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Xenon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
