Title :
Microjoule pulse energy from a chirped-pulse Ti:sapphire oscillator with cavity-dumping
Author :
Siegel, Mel ; Pfullmann, N. ; Palmer, G. ; Rausch, S. ; Binhammer, Thomas ; Morgner, U.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Quantum Opt., Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper, we report for the first time to our knowledge on a chirped-pulse Ti:sapphire laser oscillator with acousto-optical cavity-dumping that reaches pulse energies in excess of 1 muJ at a repetition rate of 1 MHz and with a spectral width supporting pulse durations below 80 fs. After the laser, a CW-pumped, cryogenically cooled amplifier is used to further increase the pulse energy up to 1.5 muJ.
Keywords :
acousto-optical devices; chirp modulation; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; CW-pumped laser; acousto-optical cavity-dumping; chirped-pulse laser oscillator; cryogenically cooled amplifier; laser cavity-dumping; laser spectral width; microjoule pulse energy; Chirp; Frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192736
