SHAPING OF CLEAN, FEMTOSECOND PULSES AT 1.053 MU-M FOR CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION

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作者
TAPIE, JL [1 ]
MOUROU, G [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MICHIGAN,CTR ULTRAFAST OPT SCI,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
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10.1364/OL.17.000136
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report the generation of 200-fs optical pulses at 1.053-mu-m using two stages of fiber-grating compressors. The usual intensity background associated with this compression technique has been reduced to less than 10(-7) of the peak intensity by using nonlinear birefringence in the second fiber. These pulses are used at the front end of our chirped-pulse amplification terawatt Nd:glass laser system.
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