학술논문
Simultaneous compression and amplification of ultrashort pulses at MHz repetition rates
Document Type
Periodical
Author
Source
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics IEEE J. Quantum Electron. Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of. 25(12):2441-2444 Dec, 1989
Subject
Language
ISSN
0018-9197
1558-1713
1558-1713
Abstract
The authors report simultaneous compression and chirped pulse amplification at megahertz repetition rates of ultrashort pulses using a cavity-dumped dye laser with a pumping argon ion laser as the amplifier. In a single stage, the pulse is compressed by a factor of 25 and the energy per pulse is simultaneously increased by a factor of 2, without reducing the repetition rate. Starting with a pulse that has a duration of 4.3 ps and a peak power of 5.8 kW, a pulse with a duration of 170 fs and a peak power of 294 kW is obtained. A second stage of pulse compression is used to obtain a broadband pulse with a duration > approximately 50 fs and a peak power of approximately 100 kW at 2 MHz.ETX