Diode-pumped thin-disk Yb:YAG regenerative amplifier

被引：77

作者：

Honninger, C

Johannsen, I

Moser, M

Zhang, G

Giesen, A

Keller, U

机构：

[1] DEUTSCH FORSCH ANSTALT LUFT & RAUMFAHRT EV,PHYS TECH INST,D-70569 STUTTGART,GERMANY

[2] PAUL SCHERRER INST,CH-8048 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND

[3] UNIV STUTTGART,INST STRAHLWERKZEUGE,D-70569 STUTTGART,GERMANY

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 1997年 / 65卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1007/s003400050291

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

A passively modelocked 750-fs Yb:YAG oscillator is used as the seed laser for a diode-pumped thin disk Yb:YAG regenerative amplifier. Pulse energies of 180 mu J are obtained at repetition rates of up to 750 Hz, and 120 mu J pulses were achieved at 1 kHz. The amplified pulse duration was 2.3 ps, resulting in a pulse peak power of 78 MW. The increase in pulse duration during amplification is attributed to gain narrowing in the amplifier material rather than to intracavity dispersion.

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页数：4

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