Generation of 01-TW 5-fs optical pulses at a 1-kHz repetition rate
- 15 October 1997
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 22 (20) , 1562-1564
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.22.001562
Abstract
A compact all-solid-state femtosecond Ti:sapphire oscillator–amplifier system using no grating-based pulse stretcher produces 20-fs, 1.5-mJ pulses at a 1-kHz repetition rate. The pulses are subsequently compressed in a hollow-fiber chirped-mirror compressor. The system delivers bandwidth-limited 5-fs, 0.5-mJ pulses at 780 nm in a diffraction-limited beam.Keywords
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