Title :
High energy and average power femtosecond laser for pumping mid-IR OPAs
Author :
Malevich, P. ; Andriukaitis, G. ; Flory, T. ; Verhoef, A.J. ; Fernandez, Alicia ; AliSauskas, S. ; Pugzlys, A. ; Baltuska, A. ; Tan, L.H. ; Chua, C.F. ; Phua, P.B.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Inst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
Femtosecond Tm-fiber-laser-pumped Ho:YAG room-temperature CPA system delivering scalable multi-mJ multi-kHz pulses with a bandwidth exceeding 12 nm and the average power of 15 W is developed. Recompressed 530-fs pulses are suitable for broadband WL generation in transparent solids.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; holmium; laser beams; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YAG:Ho; average power femtosecond laser; broadband WL generation; femtosecond Tm-fiber-laser-pumped Ho:YAG room-temperature CPA system; high energy femtosecond laser; mid-IR OPA pumping; power 15 W; pulse recompression; scalable multi-mJ multi-kHz pulses; temperature 293 K to 298 K; time 530 fs; transparent solids; Educational institutions; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
