Title :
High-energy Ti:sapphire laser system at 1 kHz optimised for efficient frequency conversion
Author :
Tzankov, P. ; Steinkellner, O.
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Over the past two decades significant progress was made in generation of high peak power ultrashort pulses utilizing the chirped pulse amplification (CPA) technique. Sub-30-fs pulses with more than 12 mJ energies at 1 kHz repetition rate were generated using Ti:sapphire CPA laser systems. We developed a high-energy Ti:sapphire CPA laser system delivering up to 12 mJ pulses with sub-100-fs duration and spectral bandwidth of 13 nm.
Keywords :
optical frequency conversion; optical pulse generation; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 100 fs; 30 fs; Al2O3:Ti; chirped pulse amplification technique; frequency conversion; high peak power ultrashort pulse generation; high-energy Ti:sapphire laser system; Bandwidth; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567829
