The invention discloses a high-power 4.5 GHz
femtosecond laser generating device based on a Yb: KGW
crystal, and belongs to the technical field of all-
solid-state ultrafast
laser. The device comprises a multimode pumping source, a collimation focusing
system, a pair of plane mirrors serving as folding elements, a Yb: KGW
crystal, a large-curvature
radius concave mirror with a
dispersion compensation function, a small-hole diaphragm and a large-curvature
radius output
coupling mirror. The length of a physical cavity is compressed by folding a light path through a
plane mirror so as to realize the repetition frequency of more than GHz, and meanwhile, a
laser mode at a
gain crystal is increased by utilizing a large-curvature
radius lens combination so as to be matched with a multimode pumping
light spot. In combination with intracavity dispersion management and a hard Kerr lens
mode locking technology, high-performance
femtosecond laser output with the repetition frequency larger than 4 GHz and the average power larger than 3 W is finally achieved. The device is compact in structure, low in cost and good in stability, and has important application value in the fields of optical frequency combs,
biological imaging, micromachining and the like.