• DocumentCode
    733741
  • Title

    Sub-300 fs, 0.5 mJ pulse at 1kHz from Ho:YLF amplifier and Kagome pulse compression

  • Author

    Murari, K. ; Cankaya, H. ; Debord, B. ; Li, P. ; Cirmi, G. ; Rossi, G.M. ; Fang, S. ; Muecke, O.D. ; Kroetz, P. ; Stein, G.J. ; Ruehl, A. ; Hartl, I. ; Gerome, F. ; Benabid, F. ; Kartner, F.X.

  • Author_Institution
    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a compact 290 fs, 0.5 mJ laser source at 2-μm wavelength generated from mJ-level 3.4-ps pulses from a fiber laser seeded Ho:YLF regenerative amplifier system via pulse compression in a gas-filled Kagome type HC-PCF.
  • Keywords
    holey fibres; holmium; lithium compounds; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; photonic crystals; yttrium compounds; Kagome pulse compression; YLF:Ho; compact laser source; energy 0.5 mJ; fiber laser seeded Ho:YLF regenerative amplifier system; frequency 1 kHz; gas-filled Kagome type HC-PCF; hollow-core photonic crystal fibers; time 290 fs; time 3.4 ps; wavelength 2 mum; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Oscillators; Pulse measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184183