Title :
Stable Long-Cavity Regenerative Amplifier with 10-11 ASE Contrast
Author :
Easter, J. ; Hou, B. ; Power, E. ; Nees, J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Abstract :
Design and measurements of a high-contrast millijoule regenerative amplifier are presented. Coupled with a preamplifier and saturable absorber, the amplifier and subsequent compressor produce 3.7 mJ, 33 fs pulses with nanosecond ASE contrast of 10-11.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; optical pulse compression; sapphire; solid lasers; superradiance; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; Ti:sapphire crystal; amplified spontaneous emission; femtosecond pulse compression; high-contrast regenerative amplifier; long-cavity regenerative amplifier; millijoule regenerative amplifier; nanosecond ASE contrast; preamplifier; saturable absorber; stable regenerative amplifier; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453573