• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 1, Issue 4, 04225 (2003)
Guanghua Cheng*, Lianjun Yu, Yishan Wang, Qing Liu, Guofu Chen, and Wei Zhao
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  • State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Technology, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710068
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    Guanghua Cheng, Lianjun Yu, Yishan Wang, Qing Liu, Guofu Chen, Wei Zhao. A compact Ti:sapphire femtosecond pulse amplifier without stretcher at high repetition rate[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2003, 1(4): 04225 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We report a simple approach to amplify Ti:sapphire femtosecond pulses to moderate energy levels by a chirped regenerative amplifier. The seed pulses are broaden naturally because of the material dispersion of system components in regenerative cavity. The off-focusing Ti:sapphire crystal avoids effectively the optical damage. It sustains amplification over a wavelength range from 775 nm to more than 810 nm with a birefringent filter and an oscillation bandwidth of 7.7 nm, and produces 2.1 ps chirped output pulse energy of 100 μJ at 1.1-mJ pumping energy. This system shows good performances in stability and efficiency with the benefits of two thin-film polarizers and TEM00 mode pumping laser.
    Guanghua Cheng, Lianjun Yu, Yishan Wang, Qing Liu, Guofu Chen, Wei Zhao. A compact Ti:sapphire femtosecond pulse amplifier without stretcher at high repetition rate[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2003, 1(4): 04225
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