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20 mJ, 1 ps Yb:YAG Thin-disk Regenerative Amplifier
Published on: July 12, 2017
Short-pulse and high-repetition-rate diode-pumped Yb:CaF2 regenerative amplifier
Sandrine Ricaud1, Frédéric Druon, Dimitris N Papadopoulos
1Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique (LCFIO), UMR 8501 CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, RD 128 Campus Polytechnique, 91127 Palaiseau, France. sandrine.ricaud@institutoptique.fr
Abstract:
We present a diode-pumped regenerative amplifier based on an Yb:CaF(2) crystal optimized to produce short pulses for various repetition rates ranging from 100 Hz to 10 kHz. The shortest pulse duration generated is 178 fs, and the corresponding energy is 1.4 mJ before compression (620 microJ after), at a repetition rate of 500 Hz for 16 W of pump power. The bandwidth is 10 nm centered at 1040 nm. Higher repetition rate regimes have also been explored, allowing an optical-to-optical efficiency up to 10% at a high repetition rate.
