Femtosecond laser oscillators for high-field science

Ultrafast laser oscillators have become ubiquitous in science and technology. For many years, however, their pulse energy has been limited to the nanojoule regime. Applications requiring more intense pulses relied on complex amplifier systems, which typically operate at low pulse repetition rates of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature photonics Jg. 2; H. 10; S. 599 - 604
Hauptverfasser: Südmeyer, T., Marchese, S. V., Hashimoto, S., Baer, C. R. E., Gingras, G., Witzel, B., Keller, U.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.10.2008
Nature Publishing Group
Schlagworte:
Applied and Technical Physics
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Laser optical systems: design and operation
Lasers
Nonlinear optics
Optics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
progress-article
Quantum Physics
Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings
Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression
Ultrashort pulse
High repetition rate
High field
Optical amplifier
fs range
Laser oscillators
Laser beam applications
Ultrafast optics
Optical pulse generation
Pulsed lasers
Nonlinear optics
ISSN:1749-4885, 1749-4893
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Zusammenfassung:Ultrafast laser oscillators have become ubiquitous in science and technology. For many years, however, their pulse energy has been limited to the nanojoule regime. Applications requiring more intense pulses relied on complex amplifier systems, which typically operate at low pulse repetition rates of the order of kilohertz. Recently, the pulse energy of femtosecond laser oscillators has greatly increased, such that some of these experiments can now be driven at multimegahertz repetition rates, which opens promising new avenues for many applications. We review the current state of the art of high-energy femtosecond laser oscillators, in particular mode-locked thin-disk lasers, and discuss their potential to drive high-field science experiments at multimegahertz repetition rates. Diode-pumped thin-disk lasers are now capable of generating femtosecond light pulses with a pulse energy in the microjoule regime at multi-megahertz repetition rates. This review describes the progress that has been made in scaling the performance of such lasers and the applications that may benefit as a result.
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ISSN:1749-4885
1749-4893
DOI:10.1038/nphoton.2008.194