Abstract

The design and performance of a flash-lamp-pumped regenerative amplifier that utilizes the new laser material Cr:LiSrAlF₆ is described. The device can be used for tunable and/or short-pulse amplification to the 10-mJ level at a repetition rate of 10 Hz. Using chirped-pulse amplification, we have achieved 8-mJ pulses with a duration of 150 fs.

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Terawatt Cr:LiSrAlF₆ laser system

T. Ditmire and M. D. Perry
Opt. Lett. 18(6) 426-428 (1993)

120-fs terawatt Ti:Al₂O₃/Cr:LiSrAlF₆ laser system

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Design and performance of a multiterawatt Cr:LiSrAlF₆ laser system

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