135 W average-power femtosecond pulses at 520 nm from a frequency-doubled fiber laser system

Opt Lett. 2011 Feb 1;36(3):316-8. doi: 10.1364/OL.36.000316.

Abstract

We present a high-average-power femtosecond laser system at 520 nm central wavelength. The laser system delivers sub-500 fs pulses with 135 W average power at a pulse repetition rate of 5.25 MHz. Excellent beam quality is provided by high power fiber amplifiers and maintained during frequency doubling, resulting in a beam quality factor of M2<1.2. To our knowledge, the system presented here is the highest average power green laser source generating femtosecond pulses with diffraction-limited beam quality.