ALL-SOLID-STATE DIODE-PUMPED CR-LISAF FEMTOSECOND OSCILLATOR AND REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER

Authors
MELLISH R HYDE SCW BARRY NP JONES R FRENCH PMW TAYLOR JR VANDERPOEL CJ VALSTER A
Citation
R. Mellish et al., ALL-SOLID-STATE DIODE-PUMPED CR-LISAF FEMTOSECOND OSCILLATOR AND REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 65(2), 1997, pp. 221-226
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
65
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
221 - 226
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1997)65:2<221:ADCFOA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We describe the development of a tunable diode-pumped Cr3+:LiSrAlF6 (C r:LiSAF) regenerative amplifier, seeded by a diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF fem tosecond oscillator. The amplifier produced pulses of less than 200 fs duration and greater than 1 mu J energy at repetition rates of up to 25 kHz.