Abstract
Chirped pulse amplification is used to generate 2 mJ pulses of 106 fs duration in an alexandrite amplifier. Compression of the optical pulse is achieved by using a sequence of intracavity prisms in conjunction with diffraction gratings. This allows for the compensation of both linear and quadratic contributions to the dispersion from the amplifier.
© 1989 Optical Society of America
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