HIGH-INTENSITY AND HIGH-REPETITION-RATE Q-SWITCHED DIODE-PUMPED ND-YLF-PUMPED FEMTOSECOND AMPLIFIER

被引:11
作者
BECKER, PC [1 ]
PROSSER, AG [1 ]
JEDJU, T [1 ]
KAFKA, JD [1 ]
BAER, T [1 ]
机构
[1] SPECTRA PHYS INC,MT VIEW,CA 94039
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D O I
10.1364/OL.16.001847
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the amplification of a colliding-pulse mode-locking femtosecond laser to energies of 2-mu-J per pulse at a repetition rate of 3 kHz in a two-stage double-confocal resonator dye amplifier pumped by a Q-switched diode-pumped frequency-doubled Nd:YLF laser. The amplified pulses were used to generate a continuum in both an ethylene glycol jet and a single-mode fiber. The spectrally broadened pulses from the fiber were compressed to a duration of 13 fs.
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页码:1847 / 1849
页数:3
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