Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 51, Issue 11, 1114003(2022)

High Contrast Femtosecond Laser Regenerative Amplifier Based on Dual-channel Pre-pulse Cleaning and Intracavity Spectral Filtering

Pengfei LI1,2, Zuncheng ZHAO1,2、*, Wei LU3、**, Desheng HONG4, Peirong CHEN5, Chuanbiao ZHANG5, Xiaoguang TIAN5, Chang LIU1,2, and Cong CHEN1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Electronics,Henan University,Kaifeng,Henan 475004,China
  • 2Henan Engineering Research Center of Metal Matrix in situ Composites Based on Aluminum,Magnesium or Copper,Henan University,Kaifeng,Henan 475004,China
  • 3Tsinghua University,Beijing 100000,China
  • 4Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences,Beijing 100000,China
  • 5Newlight Source Qifeng Technology,Kaifeng,Henan 475000,China
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    Pengfei LI, Zuncheng ZHAO, Wei LU, Desheng HONG, Peirong CHEN, Chuanbiao ZHANG, Xiaoguang TIAN, Chang LIU, Cong CHEN. High Contrast Femtosecond Laser Regenerative Amplifier Based on Dual-channel Pre-pulse Cleaning and Intracavity Spectral Filtering[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2022, 51(11): 1114003

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    Received: Apr. 2, 2022

    Accepted: May. 20, 2022

    Published Online: Dec. 13, 2022

    The Author Email: Zuncheng ZHAO (zhaozuncheng@vip.henu.edu.cn), Wei LU (weilu@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20225111.1114003

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