Title :
Regenerative amplification of ultrashort pulses at 2µm with a Thulium-doped YAP crystal
Author :
Wienke, Andreas ; Wandt, Dieter ; Morgner, U. ; Neumann, Jorg ; Kracht, Dietmar
Author_Institution :
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany
Abstract :
Seed pulses at nJ-level of a fiber-based pre-amplified Thulium oscillator are amplified to μJ-level at 1 kHz repetition rate in a regenerative amplifier based on a Thulium-doped YAP crystal with 355 fs compressed pulse duration.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; crystal; frequency 1 kHz; seed pulses; size 2 mum; thulium oscillator; time 355 fs; ultrashort pulses regenerative amplification; Crystals; Optical amplifiers; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
