Multi-TW Ti:sapphire laser systems with two stage amplifiers

Zhiyi Wei, Zhaohua Wang, Weijun Ling, Peng Wang, Hao Teng, Jun Zhang, Jie Zhang

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Abstract

We have constructed two kinds of table-top femtosecond terawatt (TW) Ti:sapphire laser systems based on the chirped-pulse amplfication (CPA). With a compact design using only two-stage amplifiers, output energies of 36 mJ and 640mJ at repetition rates were obtained with recompressed pulse duration of 25 fs, and 31 fs respectively, corresponding to peak powers of about 1.4 TW and 20 TW. The total pump energy for the last stage is 260 mJ and 2.8 J at wavelength of 532 nm. These results represent a significant efficiency in amplification and a compact configuration in size. By using an adaptive optical system to correct the wave-front distortion of the 20TW laser, we further demonstrated Ihe improvement of beam quality for higher focusable laser intensity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Laser Technologies 2005
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
EventAdvanced Laser Technologies 2005 - Tianjin, China
Duration: 3 Sep 20056 Sep 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6344 I
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceAdvanced Laser Technologies 2005
Country/TerritoryChina
CityTianjin
Period3/09/056/09/05

Keywords

  • CPA
  • Femtosecond
  • TW
  • Ti:sapphire laser

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