Title :
Ultrawideband regenerative amplifiers via intracavity Acousto-Optic Programmable Gain Control
Author :
Oksenhendler, Thomas ; Kaplan, Daniel ; Tournois, Pierre ; Greetham, Gregory M. ; Estable, Frederic
Author_Institution :
FASTLITE, Ecole Polytech. Palaiseau, Palaiseau
Abstract :
A new Brewster cut acousto-optic programmable gain control filter combined with an AOPDF pulse shaper optimizes the spectral losses of a 10 Hz CPA Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier to obtain 18 fs duration, 1.2%-rms stability, 107 contrast ratio.
Keywords :
acousto-optical filters; chirp modulation; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; optical control; optical losses; optical pulse shaping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; ultra wideband technology; AOPDF pulse shaper; Al2O3:Ti; Brewster cut acousto-optic programmable gain control filter; CPA titanium doped sapphire regenerative amplifier; chirped-pulse amplification; intracavity AOPGCF; rms stability; spectral losses; time 18 fs; ultrawideband regenerative amplifiers; Acoustic beams; Acoustic diffraction; Bandwidth; Filters; Gain control; Gratings; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Ultra wideband technology; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628149
