Diode-pumped Nd:glass kHz regenerative amplifier for subpicosecond microjoule level pulse

Author

Braun, A. ; Liu, Xindong ; Mourou, Gerard ; Kopf, D. ; Keller, Ulrich

Author_Institution

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

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

188

Lastpage

189

Abstract

Summary form only given. Diode-pumped lasers are being developed as cost effective and compact systems. To date, most of the research on direct diode-pumped femtosecond sources has concentrated on mode-locked oscillators. Recently, however, a diode pumped regenerative laser amplifier was reported pushing direct diode pumped amplifiers into the femtosecond regime. Nd:glass, with a strong absorption band at 800 nm, would be a good material for a diode-pumped amplifier system.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser transitions; light absorption; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 800 nm; Nd:glass; compact systems; diode-pumped Nd:glass kHz regenerative laser amplifier; diode-pumped amplifier system; diode-pumped lasers; direct diode-pumped femtosecond sources; femtosecond regime; laser cavity resonators; mode-locked oscillators; strong absorption band; subpicosecond microjoule level pulse; Bandwidth; Chirp; Diodes; Frequency; Image resolution; Optical amplifiers; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864544