0.27-TW, sub-17-fs laser system at 1 kHz

Author

Backus, Spencer ; Durfee, G. ; Kapteyn, Henry C. ; Murnane, Margaret M.

Author_Institution

Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

362

Lastpage

363

Abstract

Summary form only given. We present new results on a high average power (kHz), high peak power (0.27 TW) laser system based on Ti:sapphire. We have recently demonstrated pulses as short as 16.5 fs at a fraction of a TW and characterized these pulses using second-harmonic frequency optical gating (SHG-FROG). Our work represents the highest-average power, sub-20-fs laser system developed to date. Our laser design uses two multipass ring amplifiers.

Keywords

optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; ring lasers; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 0.27 TW; 16.5 fs; 17 fs; SHG-FROG; TW laser system; Ti:sapphire laser; best-average power; fs laser system; high average power; high peak power; laser design; laser pumping; multipass ring laser amplifiers; second-harmonic frequency optical gating; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Holography; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse circuits; Pulse compression methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676305

Filename

676305