Title :
Double-side pumped Ti:sapphire regenerative pre-amplifier operating at 1.053 μm wavelength
Author :
Zhou, F. ; Mercer, I.P. ; Hutchinson, M.H.R. ; Danson, C.N. ; Edward, C.B.
Author_Institution :
Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fDate :
6/22/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The design and performance of a reliable double-side pumped Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier operating at 1.053 μm wavelength is presented. The device is used as a pre-amplifier in a terawatt VULCAN laser system based on chirped pulse amplification to amplify stretched femtosecond pulses to millijoule levels at 10 Hz repetition rates with an excellent stability
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser stability; optical modulation; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 1.053 mum; Ti:sapphire regenerative pre-amplifier; chirped pulse amplification; double-side pumped; millijoule levels; stability; stretched femtosecond pulses; terawatt VULCAN laser system;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950737
