Abstract
The development of the solid-state laser material Cr3+:LiSrAIF6 (LiSAF) offers an important alternative for short-pulse laser applications1. Using the technique of chirped-pulse amplification, we have developed a 100-fs laser system capable of producing pulses with energies in excess of 1 J. The system utilizes compact, large-aperture flashlamp- pumped LiSAF amplifiers. Recompression after amplification yields 125-fsec, transform limited pulses at a repetition rate of one shot every 20.
© 1995 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
T. Ditmire and M. D. Perry
CFG4 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1993
T. Ditmire, H. Nguyen, and M. D. Perry
UILS6 Shortwavelength V: Physics with Intense Laser Pulses (HFSW) 1993
T. Ditmire, H. Nguyen, S. Herman, and M. D. Perry
LL1 Advanced Solid State Lasers (ASSL) 1993