Title :
1-GW-peak-power, Cr:ZnSe laser
Author :
Slobodchikov, Evgeni ; Moulton, Peter F.
Author_Institution :
Q-Peak lnc., Bedford, MA, USA
Abstract :
We report the first, to our knowledge, femtosecond, oscillator, chirped-pulse, regenerative-amplifier system based Cr:ZnSe. To date, we have generated, at a 1-kHz rate, 0.3-mJ, 300-fs pulses (1 GW peak power) centered at 2475 nm.
Keywords :
chromium; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; zinc compounds; ZnSe:Cr; chirped-pulse system; energy 0.3 mJ; femtosecond system; frequency 1 kHz; oscillator; power 1 GW; regenerative-amplifier system; time 300 fs; wavelength 2475 nm; Cavity resonators; Chirp; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
