Title :
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
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;
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
