Title :
CPA free sub-picosecond ultrafast laser amplifier
Author :
Delaigue, Martin ; Courjaud, Antoine ; Mottay, Eric
Author_Institution :
Amplitude Syst., Pessac
Abstract :
We demonstrate a diode-pumped Ytterbium ultrashort pulse laser amplifier, avoiding chirped pulse amplification, resulting in a simple and robust laser sources. The average power exceeds 10 W for repetition rates between 50 and 100 kHz.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical pumping; solid lasers; CPA free laser amplifier; chirped pulse amplification; diode-pumped amplifier; frequency 50 kHz to 100 kHz; subpicosecond laser amplifier; ultrafast laser amplifier; ultrashort pulse laser amplifier; ytterbium laser amplifier; Chirp; Diodes; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Robustness; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics; (140.7090) Ultrafast Lasers; (320.7090) Ultrafast Lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
