Diode-pumped chirped pulse amplification to the TW level using Yb:CaF2


Diode-pumped chirped pulse amplification to the TW level using Yb:CaF2

Siebold, M.; Hornung, M.; Hein, J.; Uecker, R.; Debus, A.; Kaluza, M. C.

We present a terawatt diode-pumped chirped pulse amplifier using single-crystalline Yb:CaF2 as the gain medium. A maximum pulse energy of 420 mJ and a repetition rate of 1 Hz was obtained. After recompression, a pulse energy of 197 mJ and a pulse duration of 192 fs were achieved, corresponding to a peak power of 1TW.

Keywords: Diode-pumped lasers; Ytterbium-doped solid state lasers; optical pulse generation and pulse compression

  • Contribution to proceedings
    Ultra-Intense Laser Interaction Science (ULIS), 24.-29.05.2009, Frascati, Italia
    Diode-pumped chirped pulse amplification to the TW level using Yb:CaF2, vol. 2109: American Institute of Physics, 119-122
  • Poster
    Ultra-Intense Laser Interaction Science, 26.05.2009, Frascati, Italia

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