DocumentCode
2224805
Title
1-ps Thin disk amplifier for advanced materials processing
Author
Delaigue, M. ; Ricaud, S. ; Braunschweig, R. ; Hönninger, C. ; Mottay, E.
Author_Institution
Amplitude Syst., Pessac, France
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate femtosecond and picoseconds thin disk laser amplifiers based on Yb:YAG as gain material. We obtained a pulse duration of 1 ps in a chirped pulse amplification (CPA) scheme and a pulse duration of about 30 ps in a CPA-free amplifier configuration. Pumped by a max of 70W we obtained an average output power of 20W and pulse energies up to 500μJ.
Keywords
amplification; amplifiers; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; CPA-free amplifier configuration; YAG:Yb; advanced material processing; chirped pulse amplification; femtosecond thin disk laser amplifiers; gain material; laser output power; laser pulse energies; picoseconds thin disk laser amplifiers; power 20 W; power 70 W; pulse duration; time 1 ps; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5950017
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