Title :
High power and high energy Yb:KYW regenerative amplifier using a chirped volume Bragg grating
Author :
Calendron, A.-L. ; Wentsch, K.S. ; Meier, J. ; Lederer, M.J.
Author_Institution :
High Q Laser Production GmbH, Kaestle-Areal, Hohenems, Austria
Abstract :
We report a high power/high energy dual-crystal Yb:KYW regenerative amplifier using a single chirped volume Bragg grating (CVBG) as stretcher/compressor with more than 12 W average power at repetition-rates >40 kHz and compressed pulsewidths around 500 fs.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser beams; optical pulse compression; potassium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; KY(WO4)2:Yb; dual-crystal regenerative amplifier; high-energy amplifier; high-power amplifier; laser repetition rates; pulse compressor; pulse stretcher; single chirped volume Bragg grating; Bragg gratings; Chirp; High power amplifiers; Laser mode locking; Optical amplifiers; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; (140.3580) Lasers solid state; (140.4050) Lasers mode-locked; (140.4480) Optical amplifiers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
