First Cr/sup 3+/:LiCAF diode-pumped regenerative amplifier seeded by a frequency doubled mode-locked Er/sup 3+/-fiber-laser

Author

Isemann, A. ; Adel, P. ; Gross, T. ; Fallnich, C.

Author_Institution

Zentrum Hannover, Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

501

Lastpage

502

Abstract

Summary form only given. Femtosecond regenerative amplifiers based on Cr:LiSAF or Cr:LiSGAF have been demonstrated. We present to our best knowledge the first diode-pumped Cr:LiCAF regenerative amplifier. The maximum extracted pulse energy was 4.6 /spl mu/J at 1 W of absorbed power from three 100 /spl mu/m laser diodes emitting at 670 nm. This is the highest pulse energy extracted from a diode-pumped Colquiriite regenerative amplifier to date.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; calcium compounds; chromium; laser beams; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1 W; 100 micron; 4.6 muJ; 670 nm; Cr/sup 3+/:LiCaAlF/sub 6/ diode-pumped regenerative amplifier; Er/sup 3+/-fiber laser; LiCaAlF/sub 6/:Cr/sup 3+/; absorbed power; amplifier setup; diode-pumped Colquiriite regenerative amplifier; frequency doubled fiber laser; laser diodes; maximum extracted pulse energy; mode-locked fiber laser; pulse energy; Chromium; Diodes; Frequency; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Optical losses; Optical pulses; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.948095

Filename

948095