All-solid-state Ce/sup 3+/:LiCaAlF/sub 6/ amplifier for femtosecond ultraviolet pulses toward terawatt level

Author

Zhenlin Liu ; Kozeki, T. ; Suzuki, Y. ; Sarukura, N. ; Shimamura, K. ; Fukuda, T. ; Hirano, M. ; Hosono, H.

Author_Institution

ERATO, Japan Sci. & Technol. Corp., Kawasaki, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

Chirped-pulse amplification in the ultraviolet region using Ce/sup 3+/:LiCaAlF/sub 6/ crystal is demonstrated for the first time, and 6-mJ, 290-nm pulses are compressed to 115 fs. For future upgrade over terawatt-level, 70-mm-diameter Ce/sup 3+/:LiCaAlF/sub 6/ crystal is grown successfully.

Keywords

cerium; chirp modulation; optical pulse compression; solid lasers; 115 fs; 290 nm; 6 mJ; Czochralski growth; LiCaAlF/sub 6/:Ce; all-solid-state Ce/sup 3+/:LiCaAlF/sub 6/ amplifier; amplified spontaneous emission; chirped-pulse amplification; femtosecond seed pulses; femtosecond ultraviolet pulses; four-pass differential gain; high-gain confocal four-pass amplification; high-peak-power lasers; pulse compression; solid-state ultraviolet laser; terawatt level; Chirp; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pump lasers; Solid state circuits; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971067

Filename

971067