Terawatt diode-pumped Yb: CaF2 laser

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作者
Siebold, Mathias [1 ,2 ]
Hornung, Marco [1 ]
Boedefeld, Ragnar [1 ]
Podleska, Sebastian [1 ]
Klingebiel, Sandro [2 ]
Wandt, Christoph [2 ]
Krausz, Ferenc [2 ]
Karsch, Stefan [2 ]
Uecker, Reinhard [3 ]
Jochmann, Axel [4 ]
Hein, Joachim [1 ]
Kaluza, Malte Christoph [1 ]
机构
[1] FSU Jena, Inst Opt & Quantum Elect, D-07743 Jena, Germany
[2] Max Planck Inst Quantum Opt, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[3] Inst Crystal Growth, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[4] Forschungszentrum Dresden Rossendorf, D-01328 Dresden, Germany
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10.1364/OL.33.002770
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present what we believe to be the first terawatt diode-pumped laser employing single-crystalline Yb:CaF2 as the amplifying medium. A maximum pulse energy of 420 mJ at a repetition rate of 1 Hz was achieved by seeding with a stretched femtosecond pulse 2 ns in duration, preamplified to 40 mJ. After recompression, a pulse energy of 197 mJ and a duration of 192 fs were obtained, corresponding to a peak power of 1 TW. Furthermore, nanosecond pulses containing an energy of up to 905 mJ were generated without optical damage. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America
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页码:2770 / 2772
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