We demonstrate a Ti:sapphire oscillator generating 130-220 nJ pulses of 27-35 fs at a repetition rate of 11 MHz. Excessive nonlinearities are avoided by chirped picosecond pulse generation from the oscillator followed by extracavity compression. The concept is scaleable to higher pulse energies.
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Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
(Volume:2
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Date of Conference: 16-21 May 2004