Picosecond kilohertz-class cryogenically cooled multistage Yb-doped chirped pulse amplifier
February 15, 2017
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Opt. Lett., Vol. 42, No. 4, 15 February 2017, pp. 707-710.
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Summary
A multistage cryogenic chirped pulse amplifier has been developed, utilizing two different Yb-doped gain materials in subsequent amplifier stages. A Yb:GSAG regenerative amplifier followed by a Yb:YAG power amplifier is able to deliver pulses with a broader bandwidth than a system using only one of these two gain media throughout. We demonstrate 90 mJ of pulse energy (113 W of average power) uncompressed and 67 mJ (84 W of average power) compressed at 1.25 kHz pulse repetition frequency, 3.0 ps FWHM Gaussian pulse width, and near-diffraction-limited (M^2 < 1.3) beam quality.