Abstract
We present a femtosecond regenerative Yb:YGAG (Y3Ga2Al3O12) ceramic slab amplifier delivering 405 fs pulses at a wavelength of 1030 nm with a bandwidth limit of 306 fs, 1.1 W of average power, 8 μJ of pulse energy, and a repetition rate of 100 kHz. The amplifier is seeded by 9 pJ pulses generated by a Yb-doped fiber ring oscillator with extra-cavity spectral shaping to minimize gain narrowing. The net-gain of the pulses is 60 dB, the spectral bandwidth is 4.1 nm (FWHM), and the M2 beam quality factor is < 1.2. Due to similar optical and thermo-mechanical properties to Yb:YAG, the Yb:YGAG gain medium is a promising alternative for upgrading the existing Yb:YAG picosecond disk amplifiers to the femtosecond regime.
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