• DocumentCode
    2879139
  • Title

    Broadband high peak power laser: A combination of negatively and positively chirped pulse amplification

  • Author

    Kalashnikov, M.P. ; Osvay, K. ; Schönnagel, H. ; Sandner, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst. fur Nichtlineare Opt. und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Berlin
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A Ti:Sa laser using a combination of negatively- and positively-chirped pulse amplification (NPCPA) is demonstrated. The method suppresses spectral narrowing typically appearing in CPA lasers thus supporting bandwidth much broader than a conventional CPA.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; sapphire; solid lasers; spectral line narrowing; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; broadband high peak power laser; chirped pulse amplification; negatively-chirped pulse amplification; positively-chirped pulse amplification; spectral narrowing; Bandwidth; Chirp; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Stimulated emission; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (320.1590) Chirping; (320.5540) Pulse shaping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628709
  • Filename
    4628709