Title :
Compact femtosecond laser system with 2 mJ output
Author :
Slobodtchikov, Evgueni ; Moulton, Peter F.
Author_Institution :
Q-Peak Inc., Bedford, MA, USA
Abstract :
2-mJ, 600-fs, 1047-nm pulses at a 250-Hz rate from a compact, Yb -doped crystal CPA laser system were achieved. We combine a positive-dispersion-regime oscillator, regenerative amplifier and a hybrid stretcher/compressor based on chirped volume Bragg gratings.
Keywords :
Chirp; Gratings; Holography; Laser mode locking; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2