Title :
Average power scaling of high repetition-rate femtosecond pulses by cascading cw multi-pass amplifier
Author :
Murakami, H. ; Suzuki, Y. ; Kozeki, T. ; Ohtake, H. ; Liu, Z. ; Sarukura, N.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Abstract :
The scalability and cascadability of cw-multipass amplifier for high-average-power femtosecond pulse is discussed. A single stage module using Ti:sapphire with the 4.2-times small-signal gain and 10.6% extraction efficiency is demonstrated to deliver 5.77-W femtosecond pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; modules; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 10.6 percent; 5.77 W; Ti:sapphire laser; average power scaling; cascading cw multi-pass laser amplifier; extraction efficiency; femtosecond pulses; high repetition-rate femtosecond pulses; high-average-power femtosecond pulse; single stage module; small-signal gain; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970827
