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Intracavity acousto-optic programmable gain control for ultra-wide-band regenerative amplifiers

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We have developed a new Brewster-cut acousto-optic programmable gain control filter to optimize the spectral losses inside a regenerative cavity. This spectral amplitude control combined with an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter for the spectral phase control optimizes, in a few steps of a direct algorithm, the performance of a 10-Hz CPA Ti:sapphire laser to 18-fs pulse duration, 1.2% RMS energy stability and 107 contrast ratio.

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  1. Fastlite, Bât 403, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128, Palaiseau, France

    T. Oksenhendler, D. Kaplan & P. Tournois

  2. Amplitude Technologies, 2, rue du Bois Chaland, 91029, Evry, France

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Oksenhendler, T., Kaplan, D., Tournois, P. et al. Intracavity acousto-optic programmable gain control for ultra-wide-band regenerative amplifiers. Appl. Phys. B 83, 491–494 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2231-0

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