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Generation of high average power, 7.5-fs blue pulses at 5 kHz by adaptive phase control

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The spectral width of a 5-kHz Ti:sapphire laser system was broadened by spectral control in a regenerative amplifier consisting of broadband chirped mirrors. The dispersion over the wide spectral range was compensated by a deformable mirror along with a genetic algorithm, resulting in a pulse width of 15 fs. The pulse width is the shortest, to our knowledge, in chirped pulse amplification systems with a regenerative amplifier. The phase distortion of broadband frequency doubling in addition to the Ti:sapphire laser was compensated by using the self-diffraction intensity in sapphire as the feedback signal into the genetic algorithm, resulting in a pulse width of 7.5 fs. The average power of the second harmonic was 1 W with a fundamental input of 7 W.

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  1. Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanona, Kashiwa, 277-8581, Japan

    X. Zhou, T. Kanai, D. Yoshitomi, T. Sekikawa & S. Watanabe

  2. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-4 Umezono, Tsukuba, 305-8568, Japan

    D. Yoshitomi

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Zhou, X., Kanai, T., Yoshitomi, D. et al. Generation of high average power, 7.5-fs blue pulses at 5 kHz by adaptive phase control. Appl. Phys. B 81, 13–17 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-1878-2

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