Terawatt diode-pumped Yb: CaF2 laser

被引：116

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

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2008年 / 33卷 / 23期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.33.002770

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

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

引用

页码：2770 / 2772

页数：3

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