M. B. Agranat, S. I. Ashitkov, A. A. Ivanov, A. V. Konyashchenko, A. V. Ovchinnikov, A. A. Podshivalov, “Gigawatt Cr:forsterite regenerative amplifier of femtosecond pulses with a pulse repetition rate of 10 Hz”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2004, Volume 34, Number 11,Pages <nobr>1018

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Lasers

Gigawatt Cr:forsterite regenerative amplifier of femtosecond pulses with a pulse repetition rate of 10 Hz

M. B. Agranat^a, S. I. Ashitkov^a, A. A. Ivanov^b, A. V. Konyashchenko^c, A. V. Ovchinnikov^a, A. A. Podshivalov^d

^a Institute of Extremal States Thermophysics, Scientific Association for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Photochemistry Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^c P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^d Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics

Abstract: A Cr:forsterite (Cr⁴⁺:Mg₂SiO₄) ring regenerative amplifier pumped by a pulsed Nd:YAG laser is developed which provides the amplification of 1240-nm femtosecond pulses from a master oscillator up to energy of 450 μJ. The amplified pulses propagating with a pulse repetition rate of 10 Hz were compressed in a compressor (with transmission 75%) down to 70 fs, corresponding to the 4-GW peak power.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.65.Re

Received: 07.07.2004