Chirped pulse amplification of 300 fs pulses in an alexandrite regenerative amplifier

Author

Pessot, Maurice ; Squier, Jeff ; Bado, Philippe ; Mourou, Gerard ; Harter, Donald J.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Laser Energetics, Rochester Univ., NY, USA

Volume

25

Issue

1

fYear

1989

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

66

Abstract

The amplification of femtosecond dye laser pulses up to the 3.5-mJ level in an alexandrite regenerative amplifier is discussed. An expansion/compression system using diffraction gratings allows chirped amplification techniques to be used to produce peak powers upwards of 1 GW. Limitations in the chirped pulse amplification of ultrashort pulses due to intracavity dispersive elements are discussed.<>

Keywords

beryllium compounds; chromium; diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; solid lasers; 1 GW; 3.5 mJ; 300 fs; BeAl/sub 2/O/sub 4/:Cr/sup 3+/; alexandrite regenerative amplifier; chirped amplification techniques; chirped pulse amplification; diffraction gratings; intracavity dispersive elements; ultrashort pulses; Bandwidth; Chirp; Diffraction gratings; Dispersion; Optical materials; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.16241

Filename

16241