Sub-picosecond pulses at 100 W average power from a Yb:YLF chirped-pulse amplification system |
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| Authors: | Miller Daniel E Zapata Luis E Ripin Daniel J Fan Tso Yee |
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| Affiliation: | Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 244 Wood St, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA. daniel.miller@LL.mit.edu |
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| Abstract: | We present a high-repetition-frequency, diode-pumped, and chirped-pulse amplification system operating at 106 W average output power with excellent beam quality (M(2)=1.3), based on cryogenically cooled Yb:YLF. 1 nJ seed pulses, derived from a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser, are first amplified to 1 mJ pulse energy at 10 kHz repetition frequency in a regenerative amplifier. The second-stage, multipass amplifier increases the pulse energy to 10.6 mJ, resulting in a spectral width of 2.2 nm. The pulses are compressed to 865 fs in duration, which is 1.26 times the transform limit. |
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