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  • Vol. 32, Iss. 5 — Mar. 1, 2007
  • pp: 494–496

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High-repetition-rate regenerative thin-disk amplifier with 116 μJ pulse energy and 250 fs pulse duration

Mikhail Larionov, Frank Butze, Detlef Nickel, and Adolf Giesen  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 5, pp. 494-496 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.000494


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Abstract

A thin-disk regenerative amplifier based on Yb-doped potassium yttrium tungstate is operated at 40 kHz with an output pulse energy of 116 μ J and a pulse duration of 250 fs . Dispersive stretching of the pulse during amplification instead of an external stretcher is used to avoid high peak intensities. The small amount of the laser active material in the amplifier inherent for the thin-disk laser design and a large beam radius in the Pockels cell reduce nonlinear effects further. Consequently the output pulses can be compressed to 250 fs using a pair of diffraction gratings.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3280) Lasers and laser optics : Laser amplifiers
(140.7090) Lasers and laser optics : Ultrafast lasers

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: July 24, 2006
Revised Manuscript: October 20, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: October 23, 2006
Published: February 2, 2007

Citation
Mikhail Larionov, Frank Butze, Detlef Nickel, and Adolf Giesen, "High-repetition-rate regenerative thin-disk amplifier with 116 μJ pulse energy and 250 fs pulse duration," Opt. Lett. 32, 494-496 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-5-494

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