High energy regenerative thin disk amplifier with sub 200 fs pulses and 10 W average power

Author

Bunting, U. ; Sayinc, H. ; Wessels, P. ; Wandt, D. ; Morgner, U. ; Kracht, D.

Author_Institution

Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

An Yb:KYW femtosecond regenerative amplifier with combination of two partially overlapping gain spectra from a single thin disk, producing 500 muJ sub 200 fs pulses at a repetition rate of 20 kHz, is presented.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; potassium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; KY(WO₄)₂:Yb; energy 500 muJ; femtosecond regenerative amplifier; high energy regenerative thin disk amplifier; partially overlapping gain spectra; power 10 W; solid-state laser; time 200 fs; ultrafast laser; High power amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics; (140.3280) Laser amplifiers; (140.3380) Laser materials; (140.3480) Diode pumped Lasers; (140.3538) Pulsed Lasers; (140.3580) Solid-state Lasers; (140.3615) Ytterbium Lasers; (140.4480); (140.7090) Ultrafast Lasers; (320.5520) Pulse compression;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224565