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Compact ultrahigh-power laser systems

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OSTI ID:113499
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  1. IMRA America Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Compact sources of high energy ultrashort pulses are described. Femtosecond and picosecond optical pulses with microjoule energies are obtained using chirped-pulse fiber amplifiers. Mode-locked fiber lasers and fast-tuned laser diodes are used to generate initial pulses for amplification. Efficient frequency conversion of amplified pulses is demonstrated and microjoule second-harmonic pulses are produced. The first all-fiber chirped pulse amplification circuit is demonstrated. It uses in-fiber chirped Bragg gratings, which replaces conventional diffraction-grating compressors and stretchers.
OSTI ID:
113499
Report Number(s):
CONF-950226--; ISBN 0-8194-1724-6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English