Title :
Millijoule 1-ps pulses from a kHz Ho:YAG regenerative amplifier seeded with a Tm, Ho-fiber laser
Author :
Malevich, P. ; Kanai, T. ; Hoogland, H. ; Holzwarth, R. ; Baltuska, A. ; Pugzlys, A.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Inst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 2090-nm 1-ps MOPA based on a Tm, Ho-fiber laser seeder and a Ho:YAG regenerative amplifier delivering 1.25-mJ pulses at a repetition rate of 1 kHz as a prospective driver laser for mid-IR frequency conversion. The output energy and the repletion rate are currently limited by the available seeder energy.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; holmium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical frequency conversion; thulium; MOPA; Tm,Ho-fiber laser; YAG:Ho; energy 1.25 mJ; frequency 1 kHz; mid-IR frequency conversion; millijoule 1-ps pulses; output energy; regenerative amplifier; repetition rate; seeder energy; time 1 ps; wavelength 2090 nm; Gratings; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
