U. Bünting
H. Sayinc
D. Wandt
U. Morgner
D. Kracht

Regenerative thin disk amplifier with combined gain spectra producing 500 µJ sub 200 fs pulses

Optics Express
10
17
8046-8050
2009
Type: Zeitschriftenaufsatz (reviewed)
Abstract
An Yb:KYW femtosecond regenerative amplifier with combination of two gain spectra from a single thin disk is presented. The amplifier generated an average power of 10 W after compression at a repetition rate of 20 kHz resulting in a pulse energy of 500 µJ. A bandwidth of 18.6 nm at â’20 dB allowed a compression to nearly Fourier-limited pulses with a duration of 185 fs resulting in a peak power of 2.7 GW.