30-fs 1.6 mJ pulses at a kHz repetition rate from a single stage DPSS Yb amplifier
Date
2010
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Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO-QELS 2010
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2162-2701
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OSA
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English
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Conference Paper
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Abstract
200-fs 2.5-mJ pulses from a cw-diode-pumped Yb:CaF2 MOPA are spectrally broadened in Ar and recompressed to 30 fs at 980 nm using a prism pair. Multi-millijoule 12-fs pulses are feasible upon higher-order spectral phase correction.
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Pulse amplifiers, Pulse compression methods, Optical amplifiers, Optical pulse generation, Argon, Optical pulses