Title :
1-ps Thin disk amplifier for advanced materials processing
Author :
Delaigue, M. ; Ricaud, S. ; Braunschweig, R. ; Hönninger, C. ; Mottay, E.
Author_Institution :
Amplitude Syst., Pessac, France
Abstract :
We demonstrate femtosecond and picoseconds thin disk laser amplifiers based on Yb:YAG as gain material. We obtained a pulse duration of 1 ps in a chirped pulse amplification (CPA) scheme and a pulse duration of about 30 ps in a CPA-free amplifier configuration. Pumped by a max of 70W we obtained an average output power of 20W and pulse energies up to 500μJ.
Keywords :
amplification; amplifiers; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; CPA-free amplifier configuration; YAG:Yb; advanced material processing; chirped pulse amplification; femtosecond thin disk laser amplifiers; gain material; laser output power; laser pulse energies; picoseconds thin disk laser amplifiers; power 20 W; power 70 W; pulse duration; time 1 ps; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
