
416 Femtosecond Pulse Amplification
Table 7.3
Typical parameters of pump lasers for fs pulse amplifiers.
Pulse energy Duration Repetition rate λ
Laser (mJ) (ns) (Hz) (nm)
Ar
+
(cavity dumped) 10
−3
15 3 ×10
6
514
Nd:YAG
Q-switched 300 5 10 532
Regenerative amplified 2 0. 07 10
3
532
Diode pumped 0. 05 10 800 532
Nd:YLF (Q-switched) 10 400 10
4
523. 5
Copper-vapor 2 15 5000 510, 578
Excimer 100 20 10 308
Much larger spulse energies however—ranging from millijoules to the Joule
range—can be extracted, because the active volume that can be pumped is much
larger than in dye amplifiers. As compared to solid-state or liquid materials,
another advantage of excimer gases is the ...