Efficient burst mode amplifier for ultra-short pulses based on cryogenically cooled Yb3+:CaF2

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 29006-29012

  Körner, Jörg ^a   Hein, Joachim ^a,b   Liebetrau, Hartmut ^a   Seifert, Reinhard ^b   Klöpfel, Diethard ^a   Kahle, Martin ^a   Loeser, Markus ^c,d   Siebold, Mathias ^c   Schramm, Ulrich ^c,d   Kaluza, Malte C ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE JENA   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES; YTTERBIUM;

BURST MODE; EXTRACTED ENERGIES; HIGH PEAK POWER; HIGH REPETITION RATE; OUTPUT ENERGY; PUMP ENERGIES; REPETITION RATE; SCALED-UP;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 84888258131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.029006     Document Type: Article

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