11-W average power Ti:sapphire amplifier system using downchirped pulse amplification

被引：44

作者：

Gaudiosi, DM ^{[1
]}

Lytle, AL

Kohl, P

Murnane, MM

Kapteyn, HC

Backus, S

机构：

[1] Univ Colorado, JILA, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

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

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2004年 / 29卷 / 22期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.29.002665

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate a high-power laser system that employs a new scheme in which pulses with negative chirp are amplified and then recompressed by dispersion in a block of transparent material. This scheme has significant advantages for amplification of intermediate energy pulses at high average power, including insensitivity to small misalignments of the pulse compressor, elimination of compressor gratings and their thermal loading issues, low compressor energy and bandwidth throughput losses, and a simplified optical design. Using this scheme, we demonstrate what we believe is the highest-average-power single-stage Ti:sapphire amplifier system with 11-W compressed output. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

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页码：2665 / 2667

页数：3

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