Broadband Yb:CaF2 regenerative amplifier for millijoule range ultrashort pulse amplification

Sandrine Ricaud (1) , Martin Delaigue (2) , Antoine Courjaud (2) , Frédéric Druon (1) , Patrick Georges (1) , Patrice Camy (3) , Abdel [e-mail] Benayad (3) , Jean-Louis Doualan (3) , Richard Moncorgé (3) , Eric Mottay (2)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa
2 Amplitude Systèmes
3 CIMAP - UMR 6252 - Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les MAtériaux et la Photonique

We report a diode-pumped regenerative amplifier based on Yb:CaF2 material delivering up to 1.8 mJ at 100 Hz. The pulses have a spectral bandwidth of 16nm, indicating a good potential for millijoule range sub 100 fs pulse duration.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Sandrine Ricaud, Martin Delaigue, Antoine Courjaud, Frédéric Druon, Patrick Georges, et al.. Broadband Yb:CaF2 regenerative amplifier for millijoule range ultrashort pulse amplification. Advanced Solid-State Photonics, Feb 2010, San Diego, United States. pp.AWB26. ⟨hal-00533637⟩