Title :
All-solid-state femtosecond diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF regenerative amplifier
Author :
Barry, N.P. ; Hyde, S.C.W. ; Mellish, Richard ; French, Paul M. W. ; Taylor, J.R. ; van der Poel, C.J. ; Valster, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London
fDate :
10/13/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A tunable diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF regenerative amplifier has been demonstrated for the first time. Femtosecond pulses have been amplified to pulse energies exceeding 1 μJ at repetition rates up to 16 kHz
Keywords :
chromium; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1 muJ; 16 kHz; LiSrAlF6:Cr; all-solid-state device; femtosecond pulses; pulse energies; repetition rates; tunable diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF regenerative amplifier;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941231