All-solid-state 5-kHz 0.2=TW Ti:sapphire laser system

Author

Nabekawa, Yasuo ; Togashi, T. ; Sekikawa, T. ; Watanabe, Shigetaka ; Konno, Shuji ; Kojima, T. ; Fujikawa, S. ; Yasui, Kenichiro

Author_Institution

Inst. for Solid State Phys., Tokyo Univ., Japan

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

541

Lastpage

542

Abstract

Summary form only given. The high-order harmonics from the ultrashort high-peak power lasers are attractive light sources in the XUV and soft X-ray wavelength region. In the application of the harmonics, a high repetition rate is required to shorten the data acquisition time, and also diode-laser-pumped green lasers are favorable for longtime stability. We report on a Ti:sapphire amplifier system consisting of regenerative and multipass amplifiers with a peak power of 0.2 TW and a pulse width of 22 fs at 5 kHz. The pumping sources for the amplifiers are two diode-pumped, Q-switched YAG lasers.

Keywords

X-ray optics; X-ray production; laser beams; laser mode locking; light sources; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 0.2 TW; 22 fs; 5 kHz; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; Q-switched lasers; Ti:sapphire amplifier system; Ti:sapphire laser system; XUV wavelength region; YAG; YAG lasers; YAl5O12; all-solid-state laser; data acquisition time; diode-laser-pumped green lasers; diode-pumped lasers; harmonics; high repetition rate; high-order harmonics; light sources; longtime stability; multipass amplifiers; peak power; pulse width; pumping sources; regenerative amplifiers; soft X-ray wavelength region; ultrashort high-peak power lasers; Data acquisition; Diodes; Laser stability; Light sources; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Power system harmonics; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907364

Filename

907364