High repetition rate c.w. pumped Cr:LiSAF femtosecond regenerative amplifier

François Balembois (1) , Patrick Georges (1) , François Salin (1) , Alain Brun (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa

We have developed a cw krypton-ion-laser-pumped Cr3+ :LiSrAlF6 regenerative amplifier for femtosecond pulses operating at a 5-kHz repetition rate. After recompression, we obtained 3.6-,uJ, 170-fs pulses at 825 nm. By focusing these pulses in a cell of water, we generated a white-light continuum

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

François Balembois, Patrick Georges, François Salin, Alain Brun. High repetition rate c.w. pumped Cr:LiSAF femtosecond regenerative amplifier. Optics Letters, 1993, 18 (15), pp.1250. ⟨hal-00691276⟩