• DocumentCode
    447883
  • Title

    Compact 10 mJ, kilohertz repetition-rate ultrafast laser system

  • Author

    Backus, Sterling J. ; Müller, Dirk ; Read, Kendall

  • Author_Institution
    Kapteyn-Murnane Lab., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    174
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a Ti:sapphire ultrafast laser-amplifier system, that exhibits an unprecedented performance of 10 mJ pulse energy at 1 kHz, in a sub-30-fs pulse. This performance is obtained using closed loop cryogenic cooling.
  • Keywords
    cryogenics; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 10 mJ; 30 fs; Al2O3:Ti; Red Dragon system™; closed loop cryogenic cooling; laser pulse characteristics; laser pulse energy; sapphire laser; ultrafast laser-amplifier system; Cryogenics; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201716
  • Filename
    1572782