Microjoule pulse energy from a chirped-pulse Ti:sapphire oscillator with cavity dumping

authored by

Martin Siegel, Nils Pfullmann, Guido Palmer, Stefan Rausch, Thomas Binhammer, Milutin Kovacev, Uwe Morgner

Abstract

We demonstrate a chirped-pulse Ti:sapphire laser oscillator with both Kerr-lens and semiconductor-saturable-absorber-mirror-assisted mode locking generating 1.1 μJ pulses at 1 MHz pulse repetition rate. The pulses are coupled out of the laser cavity by means of an acousto-optical cavity dumper, have a spectral width that supports a Fourier limit of 74 fs, and currently have a chirped-pulse duration of 5 ps. After compressing the pulses, this laser will be an ideal tool for efficient high-harmonic generation directly from a laser oscillator.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Quantum Optics
Quest: Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research

External Organisation(s)

Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)

Type

Article

Journal

Optics letters

Volume

34

Pages

740-742

No. of pages

3

ISSN

0146-9592

Publication date

05.03.2009

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.000740 (Access: Closed)