High average-power ultrafast CPA Yb:KYW laser system with dual-slab amplifier

Opt Express. 2012 Feb 13;20(4):3434-42. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.003434.

Abstract

A diode-pumped, ultrafast Yb:KYW laser system utilizing chirped-pulse amplification in a dual-slab regenerative amplifier with spectral shaping of seeding pulse from a master oscillator has been developed. A train of compressed pulses with pulse length of 181 fs, repetition rate up to 200 kHz, and average power exceeding 8 W after compression and pulse picker was achieved.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't