All-solid-state femtosecond diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF regenerative amplifier

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A tunable diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF regenerative amplifier has been demonstrated for the first time. Femtosecond pulses have been amplified to pulse energies exceeding 1 µJ at repetition rates up to 16 kHz.

Inspec keywords: laser tuning; solid lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical pumping; chromium

Other keywords: repetition rates; 16 kHz; femtosecond pulses; LiSrAlF6:Cr; all-solid-state device; 1 muJ; tunable diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF regenerative amplifier; pulse energies

Subjects: Lasing action in other solids; Ultrafast optical techniques; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Solid lasers

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