DIODE-PUMPED ND-GLASS KILOHERTZ REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER FOR SUBPICOSECOND MICROJOULE LEVEL PULSES

Authors
BRAUN A LIU XB MOUROU G KOPF D KELLER U
Citation
A. Braun et al., DIODE-PUMPED ND-GLASS KILOHERTZ REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER FOR SUBPICOSECOND MICROJOULE LEVEL PULSES, Applied optics, 36(18), 1997, pp. 4163-4167
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
36
Issue
18
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4163 - 4167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1997)36:18<4163:DNKRAF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A diode-pumped Nd:fluorophosphate regenerative amplifier was developed . Chirped seed pulses were amplified to 24 mu J at repetition rates to 1 kHz and to 5 mu J at a 10-kHz repetition rate. On compression, 850- fs pulses were obtained. White-light continuum generation was observed when these pulses were focused into a glass sample. Furthermore, base d on a rate equation analysis, the effects of the gain material lifeti me on the pulse energy at high repetition rates are discussed. (C) 199 7 Optical Society of America.