Diode-pumped regenerative Yb:SrF2 amplifier

Sandrine Ricaud (1) , Patrick Georges (1) , Patrice Camy (2) , Jean-Louis Doualan (2) , Richard Moncorgé (2) , Antoine Courjaud (3) , Eric Mottay (3) , Frédéric Druon (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Lasers
2 CIMAP - UMR 6252 - Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les MAtériaux et la Photonique
3 Amplitude Systèmes

We report what we believe to be the first Yb:SrF2 regenerative femtosecond amplifier. The regenerative amplifier produces 325-fs pulses at 100-Hz repetition rate with an energy before compression of 1.4 mJ. The interest of Yb:SrF2 in such regenerative amplifiers and its complementarity to its well-known isotype Yb:CaF2 is also discussed.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

Sandrine Ricaud, Patrick Georges, Patrice Camy, Jean-Louis Doualan, Richard Moncorgé, et al.. Diode-pumped regenerative Yb:SrF2 amplifier. Applied Physics B - Laser and Optics, 2012, 106 (4), pp.823-827. ⟨10.1007/s00340-011-4783-x⟩. ⟨hal-00657866⟩