A table-top high contrast TW laser system

Author

Osvay, K. ; Kovács, A.P. ; Heiner, Zs ; Csatari, M. ; Bor, Zs. ; Kurdi, G. ; Görbe, M. ; Klebniczki, J. ; Ferincz, I.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Opt. & Quantum Electron., Univ. of Szeged, Hungary

fYear

2005

fDate

12-17 June 2005

Firstpage

436

Abstract

The seed pulses of the laser system is generated in a Kerr-lens-mode-locked Ti:sapphire oscillator pumped with 3.2 W power of a frequency doubled cw Nd:YVO₄ laser. The produced pulses exhibit 16 fs duration at 800 nm with a mean output power of 200 mW at a repetition rate of 72 MHz. The pulses are stretched in an all reflective stretcher consisted of a pair of 1200 mm^-1 gratings and a spherical mirror, which allows the spectral transmission as broad as 200 nm.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; laser mode locking; lenses; mirrors; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; yttrium compounds; 12 fs; 200 mW; 3.2 W; 800 nm; Al₂O₃:Ti; Kerr-lens-mode-locked Ti:sapphire oscillator; YVO₄:Nd; frequency doubled cw Nd:YVO₄ laser; gratings; reflective stretcher; spectral transmission; spherical mirror; table-top high contrast TW laser system; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Physics; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8974-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568214

Filename

1568214