Large-gain amplifier for subpicosecond optical pulses

1 June 1986

journal article
Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters

Vol. 11 (6), 357-359
https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.11.000357

Abstract

We report a novel amplifier for the subpicosecond pulses output of a colliding-pulse mode-locked ring dye laser The amplifier produces >30-μJ output Pulse at 100 Hz by using three stages of amplification pumped by a short-cavity XeCl excimer laser. pulse-width broadening, spectral shape, and beam quality are discussed.

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