The effects of gain narrowing and high order dispersions on the pulse duration in our kilohertz chirpedpulse amplification system have been compensated experimentally. Using an acousto-optic programmable dispersive fi...The effects of gain narrowing and high order dispersions on the pulse duration in our kilohertz chirpedpulse amplification system have been compensated experimentally. Using an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter (AOPDF), the spectral full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) is expanded from 30 to 50 nm. Stable laser pulses with the duration of 30 fs (FWHM), which is 1.07 times Fourier-transformlimitation, have been acquired by pre-compensating the high order phase distortions using the phase measured by spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER).展开更多
Using both acoustic-optic (AO) Q-switeh and GaAs saturable absorber, a diode-pumped doubly Q-switehed Nd:GdVO4/KTP green laser is realized. This laser can generate a shorter and more symmetric pulse in comparison with...Using both acoustic-optic (AO) Q-switeh and GaAs saturable absorber, a diode-pumped doubly Q-switehed Nd:GdVO4/KTP green laser is realized. This laser can generate a shorter and more symmetric pulse in comparison with purely AO and passively Q-switched lasers. In the meantime, the rate equations describing the operation of a diode-pumped, AO and GaAs doubly Q-switched Nd:GdVO4/KTP green laser are introduced. These equations are solved numerically and the dependence of pulse width on incident pump power is obtained. The numerical solutions are in agreement with the experimental results.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Key Basic Research Special Foundation of China under Grant No. G1999075201.
文摘The effects of gain narrowing and high order dispersions on the pulse duration in our kilohertz chirpedpulse amplification system have been compensated experimentally. Using an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter (AOPDF), the spectral full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) is expanded from 30 to 50 nm. Stable laser pulses with the duration of 30 fs (FWHM), which is 1.07 times Fourier-transformlimitation, have been acquired by pre-compensating the high order phase distortions using the phase measured by spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER).
基金This work was supported by the Science and Technol- ogy Development Program of Shandong Province under Grant No. 013060102.
文摘Using both acoustic-optic (AO) Q-switeh and GaAs saturable absorber, a diode-pumped doubly Q-switehed Nd:GdVO4/KTP green laser is realized. This laser can generate a shorter and more symmetric pulse in comparison with purely AO and passively Q-switched lasers. In the meantime, the rate equations describing the operation of a diode-pumped, AO and GaAs doubly Q-switched Nd:GdVO4/KTP green laser are introduced. These equations are solved numerically and the dependence of pulse width on incident pump power is obtained. The numerical solutions are in agreement with the experimental results.