Title :
High repetition rate femtosecond thin disk Yb:KYW regenerative amplifier without CPA
Author :
Beyertt, A. ; Nickel, D. ; Giesen, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Strahlwerkzeuge, Stuttgart Univ., Germany
Abstract :
We report of an Yb:KYW thin disk amplifier system to provide ultra short pulses with high energies at high repetition rates. Without using chirped pulse amplification, 100 /spl mu/J, 750 fs pulses were generated at repetition rates of up to 45 kHz.
Keywords :
optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; ytterbium; 100 muJ; 45 kHz; 750 fs; KYb(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/; thin disk Yb:KYW regenerative amplifier; ultrashort pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
