High-efficiency, single-stage 7-kHz high-average-power ultrafast laser system
Date
2001
Authors
Murnane, Margaret M., author
Kapteyn, Henry C., author
Dollinger, Robert, author
Thompson, Sarah, author
Bartels, Randy, author
Backus, Sterling, author
Optical Society of America, publisher
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Abstract
We demonstrate a simple and practical single-stage ultrafast laser amplifier system that operates at a repetition frequency from 1 to 10 kHz, with millijoule pulse energy and as much as 13 W of average power. The repetition rate can be adjusted continuously from 1 to 10 kHz by new all-solid-state pump laser technology. This is to our knowledge the highest average power ever obtained from a single-stage ultrafast laser amplifier system. This laser will significantly increase the average power and the repetition rate that is easily accessible for high-field experiments such as coherent x-ray generation or for laser-synchrotron studies.