• DocumentCode
    688996
  • Title

    High energy and average power femtosecond laser for pumping mid-IR OPAs

  • Author

    Malevich, P. ; Andriukaitis, G. ; Flory, T. ; Verhoef, A.J. ; Fernandez, Alicia ; AliSauskas, S. ; Pugzlys, A. ; Baltuska, A. ; Tan, L.H. ; Chua, C.F. ; Phua, P.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Inst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Femtosecond Tm-fiber-laser-pumped Ho:YAG room-temperature CPA system delivering scalable multi-mJ multi-kHz pulses with a bandwidth exceeding 12 nm and the average power of 15 W is developed. Recompressed 530-fs pulses are suitable for broadband WL generation in transparent solids.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; holmium; laser beams; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YAG:Ho; average power femtosecond laser; broadband WL generation; femtosecond Tm-fiber-laser-pumped Ho:YAG room-temperature CPA system; high energy femtosecond laser; mid-IR OPA pumping; power 15 W; pulse recompression; scalable multi-mJ multi-kHz pulses; temperature 293 K to 298 K; time 530 fs; transparent solids; Educational institutions; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833376