Title : 
Development for the future TW femtosecond Ce:LiCAF laser
         
        
            Author : 
Sarukura, N. ; Ono, S. ; Liu, Z. ; Fukuda, T.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Chirped-pulse amplification in the ultraviolet region is demonstrated by use of a broadband Ce:LiCaAlF6 laser medium. For the TW CPA system, a coaxially pumped, large-aperture ultraviolet power-amplifier is demonstrated with stable pump source using Li2B4O7 crystals.
         
        
            Keywords : 
aluminium compounds; calcium compounds; cerium; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser stability; lithium compounds; optical modulation; optical pumping; solid lasers; ultraviolet sources; Li2B4O7; Li2B4O7 crystals; LiCaAlF6:Ce; TW femtosecond Ce:LiCAF laser; TW femtosecond laser; broadband Ce:LiCaAlF6 laser medium; chirped-pulse amplification; coaxially pumped; large-aperture ultraviolet power-amplifier; stable pump source; ultraviolet region; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-7500-9
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133922