Title :
Pulse compression of a high-energy thin-disk laser at 100 W of average power using an Ar-filled Kagome-type HC-PCF
Author :
Emaury, Florian ; Saraceno, Clara J. ; Debord, B. ; Fourcade Dutin, Coralie ; Gerome, F. ; Sudmeyer, Thomas ; Benabid, F. ; Keller, Ulrich
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We compressed a high-energy SESAM-modelocked thin-disk laser using an Ar-filled Kagome-type HC-PCF: launching 41-μJ, 1.17-ps pulses directly from a 3-MHz oscillator, we obtain 179-fs pulses at 100-W of average power, reaching 80% overall compression efficiency.
Keywords :
argon; holey fibres; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical pulse compression; optical saturable absorption; photonic crystals; Ar; Ar-filled Kagome-type HC-PCF; average power; energy 41 muJ; frequency 3 MHz; high-energy SESAM-modelocked thin-disk laser; oscillator; overall compression efficiency; power 100 W; pulse compression; time 1.17 ps; time 179 fs; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Oscillators; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
