Abstract

We have generated femtosecond pulses with a peak power as high as 0.7 GW at the repetition rate of 100 kHz from a downchirped-pulse amplification (DPA) Ti:sapphire laser. For the high-energy amplification with high repetition rate, we employ a regenerative amplifier, acousto-optically switched and pumped by a Q-switched green laser. The DPA-based dispersion control is achieved up to the third-order term by use of a prism-grating stretcher and a glass compressor. We have obtained 28 μJ, 39 fs laser pulses with a compression efficiency of 95 %. Temporal and spatial characteristics of the laser pulses are investigated.

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F. Lindner, W. Stremme, M. G. Schatzel, F. Grasbon, G. G. Paulus, H. Walther, R. Hartmann, and L. Struder, “High-order harmonic generation at a repetition rate of 100 kHz,” Phys. Rev. A 68, 013814 (2003).
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F. Lindner, G. G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, A. Dreischuh, and H. Walther, “Dispersion control in a 100-kHz-repetition-rate 35-fs Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier system,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 38, 1465 (2002).
[Crossref]

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D. Strickland and G. Mourou, “Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses,” Opt. Commun. 55, 447 (1985).
[Crossref]

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L. M. Frantz and J. S. Nodvick, “Theory of pulse propagation in a laser amplifier,” J. Appl. Phys. 34, 2346 (1963).
[Crossref]

Arns, J. A.

Backus, S.

Barty, C. P. J.

Butze, F.

Colburn, W. S.

Dreischuh, A.

F. Lindner, G. G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, A. Dreischuh, and H. Walther, “Dispersion control in a 100-kHz-repetition-rate 35-fs Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier system,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 38, 1465 (2002).
[Crossref]

Frantz, L. M.

L. M. Frantz and J. S. Nodvick, “Theory of pulse propagation in a laser amplifier,” J. Appl. Phys. 34, 2346 (1963).
[Crossref]

Gaudiosi, D. M.

Giesen, A.

Gordon, C. L.

Grasbon, F.

F. Lindner, W. Stremme, M. G. Schatzel, F. Grasbon, G. G. Paulus, H. Walther, R. Hartmann, and L. Struder, “High-order harmonic generation at a repetition rate of 100 kHz,” Phys. Rev. A 68, 013814 (2003).
[Crossref]

F. Lindner, G. G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, A. Dreischuh, and H. Walther, “Dispersion control in a 100-kHz-repetition-rate 35-fs Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier system,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 38, 1465 (2002).
[Crossref]

Hartmann, R.

F. Lindner, W. Stremme, M. G. Schatzel, F. Grasbon, G. G. Paulus, H. Walther, R. Hartmann, and L. Struder, “High-order harmonic generation at a repetition rate of 100 kHz,” Phys. Rev. A 68, 013814 (2003).
[Crossref]

Hong, K.-H.

K.-H. Hong, S. Kostritsa, T. J. Yu, J. H. Sung, Y.-C. Noh, D.-K. Ko, and J. Lee, “Downchirped regenerative amplification of femtosecond laser pulses at 100 kHz repetition rate,” UFO/HFSW 2005 (Nara, Japan, Sept. 25-30, 2005) F2–3.

Y. S. Lee, J. H. Sung, C. H. Nam, T. J. Yu, and K.-H. Hong, “Novel method for carrier-envelope-phase stabilization of femtosecond laser pulses,” Opt. Express 13, 2969 (2005),http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-13-8-2969
[Crossref] [PubMed]

T. Imran, K.-H. Hong, T. J. Yu, and C. H. Nam, “Measurement of the group-delay dispersion of femtosecond optics using white-light interferometry,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 2266 (2004).
[Crossref]

Huang, C. P.

Imran, T.

T. Imran, K.-H. Hong, T. J. Yu, and C. H. Nam, “Measurement of the group-delay dispersion of femtosecond optics using white-light interferometry,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 2266 (2004).
[Crossref]

Kakehata, M.

Kapteyn, H. C.

Ko, D.-K.

K.-H. Hong, S. Kostritsa, T. J. Yu, J. H. Sung, Y.-C. Noh, D.-K. Ko, and J. Lee, “Downchirped regenerative amplification of femtosecond laser pulses at 100 kHz repetition rate,” UFO/HFSW 2005 (Nara, Japan, Sept. 25-30, 2005) F2–3.

Kobayashi, Y.

Kohl, P.

Korn, G.

Kostritsa, S.

K.-H. Hong, S. Kostritsa, T. J. Yu, J. H. Sung, Y.-C. Noh, D.-K. Ko, and J. Lee, “Downchirped regenerative amplification of femtosecond laser pulses at 100 kHz repetition rate,” UFO/HFSW 2005 (Nara, Japan, Sept. 25-30, 2005) F2–3.

Lee, J.

K.-H. Hong, S. Kostritsa, T. J. Yu, J. H. Sung, Y.-C. Noh, D.-K. Ko, and J. Lee, “Downchirped regenerative amplification of femtosecond laser pulses at 100 kHz repetition rate,” UFO/HFSW 2005 (Nara, Japan, Sept. 25-30, 2005) F2–3.

Lee, Y. S.

Lemoff, B. E.

Lindner, F.

F. Lindner, W. Stremme, M. G. Schatzel, F. Grasbon, G. G. Paulus, H. Walther, R. Hartmann, and L. Struder, “High-order harmonic generation at a repetition rate of 100 kHz,” Phys. Rev. A 68, 013814 (2003).
[Crossref]

F. Lindner, G. G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, A. Dreischuh, and H. Walther, “Dispersion control in a 100-kHz-repetition-rate 35-fs Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier system,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 38, 1465 (2002).
[Crossref]

Lytle, A. L.

Maekawa, H.

Mourou, G.

D. Strickland and G. Mourou, “Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses,” Opt. Commun. 55, 447 (1985).
[Crossref]

Murnane, M. M.

Nam, C. H.

Y. S. Lee, J. H. Sung, C. H. Nam, T. J. Yu, and K.-H. Hong, “Novel method for carrier-envelope-phase stabilization of femtosecond laser pulses,” Opt. Express 13, 2969 (2005),http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-13-8-2969
[Crossref] [PubMed]

T. Imran, K.-H. Hong, T. J. Yu, and C. H. Nam, “Measurement of the group-delay dispersion of femtosecond optics using white-light interferometry,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 2266 (2004).
[Crossref]

Nickel, D.

Nodvick, J. S.

L. M. Frantz and J. S. Nodvick, “Theory of pulse propagation in a laser amplifier,” J. Appl. Phys. 34, 2346 (1963).
[Crossref]

Noh, Y.-C.

K.-H. Hong, S. Kostritsa, T. J. Yu, J. H. Sung, Y.-C. Noh, D.-K. Ko, and J. Lee, “Downchirped regenerative amplification of femtosecond laser pulses at 100 kHz repetition rate,” UFO/HFSW 2005 (Nara, Japan, Sept. 25-30, 2005) F2–3.

Norris, T. B.

Okuno, H.

Paulus, G. G.

F. Lindner, W. Stremme, M. G. Schatzel, F. Grasbon, G. G. Paulus, H. Walther, R. Hartmann, and L. Struder, “High-order harmonic generation at a repetition rate of 100 kHz,” Phys. Rev. A 68, 013814 (2003).
[Crossref]

F. Lindner, G. G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, A. Dreischuh, and H. Walther, “Dispersion control in a 100-kHz-repetition-rate 35-fs Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier system,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 38, 1465 (2002).
[Crossref]

Peatross, J.

Rhee, J.-K.

Schatzel, M. G.

F. Lindner, W. Stremme, M. G. Schatzel, F. Grasbon, G. G. Paulus, H. Walther, R. Hartmann, and L. Struder, “High-order harmonic generation at a repetition rate of 100 kHz,” Phys. Rev. A 68, 013814 (2003).
[Crossref]

Sosnowski, T. S.

Stolzenburg, C.

Stremme, W.

F. Lindner, W. Stremme, M. G. Schatzel, F. Grasbon, G. G. Paulus, H. Walther, R. Hartmann, and L. Struder, “High-order harmonic generation at a repetition rate of 100 kHz,” Phys. Rev. A 68, 013814 (2003).
[Crossref]

Strickland, D.

D. Strickland and G. Mourou, “Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses,” Opt. Commun. 55, 447 (1985).
[Crossref]

Struder, L.

F. Lindner, W. Stremme, M. G. Schatzel, F. Grasbon, G. G. Paulus, H. Walther, R. Hartmann, and L. Struder, “High-order harmonic generation at a repetition rate of 100 kHz,” Phys. Rev. A 68, 013814 (2003).
[Crossref]

Sung, J. H.

K.-H. Hong, S. Kostritsa, T. J. Yu, J. H. Sung, Y.-C. Noh, D.-K. Ko, and J. Lee, “Downchirped regenerative amplification of femtosecond laser pulses at 100 kHz repetition rate,” UFO/HFSW 2005 (Nara, Japan, Sept. 25-30, 2005) F2–3.

Y. S. Lee, J. H. Sung, C. H. Nam, T. J. Yu, and K.-H. Hong, “Novel method for carrier-envelope-phase stabilization of femtosecond laser pulses,” Opt. Express 13, 2969 (2005),http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-13-8-2969
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Takada, H.

Tominaga, K.

Torizuka, K.

Walther, H.

F. Lindner, W. Stremme, M. G. Schatzel, F. Grasbon, G. G. Paulus, H. Walther, R. Hartmann, and L. Struder, “High-order harmonic generation at a repetition rate of 100 kHz,” Phys. Rev. A 68, 013814 (2003).
[Crossref]

F. Lindner, G. G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, A. Dreischuh, and H. Walther, “Dispersion control in a 100-kHz-repetition-rate 35-fs Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier system,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 38, 1465 (2002).
[Crossref]

Yu, T. J.

K.-H. Hong, S. Kostritsa, T. J. Yu, J. H. Sung, Y.-C. Noh, D.-K. Ko, and J. Lee, “Downchirped regenerative amplification of femtosecond laser pulses at 100 kHz repetition rate,” UFO/HFSW 2005 (Nara, Japan, Sept. 25-30, 2005) F2–3.

Y. S. Lee, J. H. Sung, C. H. Nam, T. J. Yu, and K.-H. Hong, “Novel method for carrier-envelope-phase stabilization of femtosecond laser pulses,” Opt. Express 13, 2969 (2005),http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-13-8-2969
[Crossref] [PubMed]

T. Imran, K.-H. Hong, T. J. Yu, and C. H. Nam, “Measurement of the group-delay dispersion of femtosecond optics using white-light interferometry,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 2266 (2004).
[Crossref]

Zhavoronkov, N.

IEEE J. Quantum Electron. (1)

F. Lindner, G. G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, A. Dreischuh, and H. Walther, “Dispersion control in a 100-kHz-repetition-rate 35-fs Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier system,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 38, 1465 (2002).
[Crossref]

J. Appl. Phys. (1)

L. M. Frantz and J. S. Nodvick, “Theory of pulse propagation in a laser amplifier,” J. Appl. Phys. 34, 2346 (1963).
[Crossref]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (1)

Opt. Commun. (1)

D. Strickland and G. Mourou, “Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses,” Opt. Commun. 55, 447 (1985).
[Crossref]

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Opt. Lett. (7)

Phys. Rev. A (1)

F. Lindner, W. Stremme, M. G. Schatzel, F. Grasbon, G. G. Paulus, H. Walther, R. Hartmann, and L. Struder, “High-order harmonic generation at a repetition rate of 100 kHz,” Phys. Rev. A 68, 013814 (2003).
[Crossref]

Rev. Sci. Instrum. (1)

T. Imran, K.-H. Hong, T. J. Yu, and C. H. Nam, “Measurement of the group-delay dispersion of femtosecond optics using white-light interferometry,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 2266 (2004).
[Crossref]

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K.-H. Hong, S. Kostritsa, T. J. Yu, J. H. Sung, Y.-C. Noh, D.-K. Ko, and J. Lee, “Downchirped regenerative amplification of femtosecond laser pulses at 100 kHz repetition rate,” UFO/HFSW 2005 (Nara, Japan, Sept. 25-30, 2005) F2–3.

See the data sheet of RegA series of Coherent Incorporation (http://www.coherentinc.com).

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of 100 kHz DPA Ti:sapphire amplification system. Regenerative amplifier (a), pulse stretcher (b), and pulse compressor (c). L, lens; DMs; dichroic mirrors; Ms, dielectric mirrors; RM, re-focusing mirror; FM, folding mirror; CMs, chirped mirrors; FI, Faraday isolator; PBS, polarizing beam splitter; Ti:S, Ti:sapphire crystal.

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Fig. 2. Synchronization scheme for the regenerative amplifier.

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Fig. 3.
Fig. 3. Optical spectra of the pulses from master oscillator and after stretcher.

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Fig. 4. Amplified spectrum with spectral phase (a) and compressed pulse profile with temporal phase (b) characterized using FROG technique. Measured and calculated curves of spectral phase are represented as square dots and solid line in (a), respectively.

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Fig. 5. Spatial beam profile (a) and M2 value measurement (b).

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Table 1. Dispersion calculation for the design of a DPA laser system.

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