Title :
Amplification Ti:sapphire laser to 355TW with a compact design
Author :
Wang, Zhaohua ; Ling, Weijun ; Wang, Peng ; Zhu, Jiangfeng ; Tian, Jinrong ; Wei, Zhiyi ; Zhang, Jie
Author_Institution :
Beijing Nat. Lab. for Condensed Matter Phys., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
Abstract :
A new Ti:sapphire chirped pulse amplification system was established with three stage amplifiers. Pumping the final amplifier with a 100 J doubled-frequency Nd:glass laser, we generated stable 355 TW laser pulses at duration of 31 f s.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser beams; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; Ti:sapphire laser; chirped pulse amplification system; doubled-frequency Nd:glass laser; energy 100 J; power 355 TW; three stage amplifiers; time 31 fs; Chirp; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391467
