Short-pulse and high-repetition-rate diode-pumped Yb:CaF2 regenerative amplifier.

نویسندگان

  • Sandrine Ricaud
  • Frédéric Druon
  • Dimitris N Papadopoulos
  • Patrice Camy
  • Jean-Louis Doualan
  • Richard Moncorgé
  • Martin Delaigue
  • Yoann Zaouter
  • Antoine Courjaud
  • Patrick Georges
  • Eric Mottay
چکیده

We present a diode-pumped regenerative amplifier based on an Yb:CaF(2) crystal optimized to produce short pulses for various repetition rates ranging from 100 Hz to 10 kHz. The shortest pulse duration generated is 178 fs, and the corresponding energy is 1.4 mJ before compression (620 microJ after), at a repetition rate of 500 Hz for 16 W of pump power. The bandwidth is 10 nm centered at 1040 nm. Higher repetition rate regimes have also been explored, allowing an optical-to-optical efficiency up to 10% at a high repetition rate.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 35 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010