Ytterbium-doped glass regenerative chirped-pulse amplifier

Authors
Biswal, S Nees, J Nishimura, A Takuma, H Mourou, G
Citation
S. Biswal et al., Ytterbium-doped glass regenerative chirped-pulse amplifier, OPT COMMUN, 160(1-3), 1999, pp. 92-97
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
160
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
92 - 97
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(19990201)160:1-3<92:YGRCA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Chirped-pulse amplification in a Yb3+-doped phosphate glass regenerative am plifier pumped by a free-running Ti:sapphire laser is demonstrated. Amplifi ed chirped pulse energies up to 20 mJ were obtained. Amplified bandwidths o f 20 nm at reduced energies were obtained using regenerative spectral shapi ng. Spectroscopic measurements are presented which are necessary to model a mplification in a quasi-three-level laser. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. A ll rights reserved.