Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 1, Issue 4, 04225(2003)
A compact Ti:sapphire femtosecond pulse amplifier without stretcher at high repetition rate
We report a simple approach to amplify Ti:sapphire femtosecond pulses to moderate energy levels by a chirped regenerative amplifier. The seed pulses are broaden naturally because of the material dispersion of system components in regenerative cavity. The off-focusing Ti:sapphire crystal avoids effectively the optical damage. It sustains amplification over a wavelength range from 775 nm to more than 810 nm with a birefringent filter and an oscillation bandwidth of 7.7 nm, and produces 2.1 ps chirped output pulse energy of 100 μJ at 1.1-mJ pumping energy. This system shows good performances in stability and efficiency with the benefits of two thin-film polarizers and TEM00 mode pumping laser.
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Guanghua Cheng, Lianjun Yu, Yishan Wang, Qing Liu, Guofu Chen, Wei Zhao, "A compact Ti:sapphire femtosecond pulse amplifier without stretcher at high repetition rate," Chin. Opt. Lett. 1, 04225 (2003)