Toward sub-terrawatt mid-IR (4-5 micrometer) femtosecond hybrid laser system based on parametric seed pulse generation and amplification in Fe2+: ZnSeстатья
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Аннотация:For the first time, an experimentally measured seed pulse gain of about 2 cm−1 allows
possibilities in the scaling power of such a femtosecond laser system in terawatts. The concept
of a subterawatt power level hybrid femtosecond mid-IR (4–5 μm) laser system, based on
a weak pulse from an optical parametric mid-IR seeder that is amplified in chalcogenide
monocrystalline Fe2+:ZnSe, to gain medium has been proposed and designed. The method
and approach for optimizing the choice of nonlinear medium, its length, and the required light
intensity for the efficient non-linear self-compression of an ultrashort pulse has also been
proposed and considered.