Picosecond-pulse amplification with an external passive optical cavity

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作者：

Potma, EO

Evans, C

Xie, XS

Jones, RJ

Ye, J

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Chem & Chem Biol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, JILA, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[3] Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

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OPTICS LETTERS | 2003年 / 28卷 / 19期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.28.001835

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We experimentally demonstrate the amplification of picosecond pulses at high repetition rates through the coherent addition of successive pulses of a mode-locked pulse train in a high-finesse optical cavity equipped with cavity dumping. Amplification greater than 30 times is obtained at a repetition rate of 253 kHz, boosting the 5.3-nJ pulses from a commercial mode-locked picosecond Ti:sapphire laser to pulse energies of more than 150 nJ. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.

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页码：1835 / 1837

页数：3

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