Pulse energy scaling to 5 μJ from a femtosecond thin disk laser

被引：67

作者：

Marchese, Sergio V. ^{[1
]}

Suedmeyer, Thomas ^{[1
]}

Golling, Matthias ^{[1
]}

Grange, Rachel ^{[1
]}

Keller, Ursula ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] ETH, Inst Quantum Elect, Dept Phys, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2006年 / 31卷 / 18期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.31.002728

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report an increase in pulse energy to 5.1 mu J obtained directly from a femtosecond diode-pumped Yb:YAG thin disk laser without external amplification. Stable passive mode locking was obtained with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The laser delivers 63 W of average output power in a nearly diffraction-limited beam (M-2=1.1) at a center wavelength of 1030 nm. The pulse repetition rate is 12.3 MHz, and the pulses have a duration of 800 fs, which results in a peak power of 5.6 MW. The laser was operated in a box flooded with helium because the nonlinearity of air was found to be a limiting factor for the stability of the pulse formation at increasing pulse energies. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

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页码：2728 / 2730

页数：3

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