• DocumentCode
    2893243
  • Title

    10 MW peak power pulses from a laser oscillator with cavity-dumping

  • Author

    Killi, A. ; Steinmann, A. ; Morgner, U. ; Lederer, M.J. ; Kopf, D. ; Fallnich, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Planck-Inst. fur Kernphys., Heidelberg, Germany
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    17
  • Abstract
    We report on the generation of 1 μJ pulses at 1 MHz repetition rate from a cavity-dumped diode-pumped Yb:KYW laser. Pulse durations below 25 fs and peak powers exceeding 10 MW are produced by extracavity compression.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; 1 muJ; 10 MW; KY(WO4)2:Yb; cavity-dumping; diode-pumped Yb:KYW laser oscillator; extracavity compression; laser pulse generation; Autocorrelation; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Power lasers; Pulse measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8974-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567806
  • Filename
    1567806