02-TW laser system at 1 kHz
- 15 August 1997
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 22 (16) , 1256-1258
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.22.001256
Abstract
We have developed a 1-kHz repetition-rate Ti:sapphire laser system that can simultaneously generate high peak and average powers of 0.2 TW and 4 W, respectively. The laser system generates 4-mJ energy pulses with a 20-fs pulse width. We eliminated thermal lensing in the system by cooling the Ti:sapphire crystal to 125 K. The output 20-fs pulses were fully characterized by use of the new technique of transient-grating frequency-resolved optical gating. We demonstrate experimentally that the pulse duration at the output is limited only by fifth-order dispersion.Keywords
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