1.5-mJ Cr:ZnSe Chirped Pulse Amplifier Seeded by a Kerr-Lens Mode-Locked Cr:ZnS oscillator

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Authors

Sergey Vasilyev · Southeast Career Technical Academy

Jeremy Peppers · Southeast Career Technical Academy

Igor Moskalev · Southeast Career Technical Academy

Viktor Smolski · Southeast Career Technical Academy

Mike Mirov · Southeast Tech

Evgeny Slobodchikov · IPG Photonics (United States)

Alex Dergachev

Abstract

We report a 1-kHz, 1.5 mJ Cr:ZnSe chirped pulse amplifier with 140 fs pulse width, 9.5 GW peak power at 2.4 µm central wavelength. The amplifier is seeded with a commercial few-cycle Cr:ZnS oscillator.

Topics & Keywords

Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Solid State Laser Technologies Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

DOI: 10.1364/assl.2019.atu4a.4

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