Direct amplification of femtosecond pulses

  • Ueffing, Moritz
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Publication date
March 2018
Publisher
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Abstract

Laser systems with pulse energies of a few millijoule are based on laser amplifiers to increase the energy of laser pulses produced by their primary sources, modelocked laser oscillators. Due to the high peak powers of the produced pulses and the resulting high intensities in the amplifier, state of the art laser systems implement chirped-pulse amplification. This reduces the peak intensity during the amplification process but requires stretching and compression units before and after the amplifier, which evokes significant disadvantages. The increased complexity of the system and the long freely propagating beams compromise the stability of the system. Furthermore, high average power laser amplifiers need to implement reflective gratings, ...

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