Ultrafast amplified fiber laser for laser-wire measurements in particle accelerators

Journal article

We report on the generation of sub-500fs pulses of 3.5μJ energy at 6.49 MHz repetition rate and 1037 nm based on the amplification of an Ytterbium femtosecond oscillator, frequency locked to an external source in a double stage fiber chirped pulse amplification system. The system is operated in a burst mode where bunches of pulses of 900μs duration are amplified at 5Hz repetition rate. Such a system is dedicated to the measurement the spatial distribution of electron beam in future large scale ultra-high brightness particle collider.

Authors: Zaouter, Y; Mottay, E; Corner, L; Delerue, N

• Journal: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
• Volume: 6881
• Publication date: 2008-01-01
• DOI: 10.1117/12.762951
• ISSN: 0277-786X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Fiber amplifier; Ultrafast; Chirped pulse amplification