title: Amplified femtosecond optical pulses and continuum generation at 5-kHz repetition rate.
abstract: Pulses of 90-fsec duration from a cavity-dumped colliding-pulse mode-locked laser have been amplified to microjoule energies at 5-kHz repetition rate using a copper-vapor-laser pump source. Near-diffraction-limited focusing and efficient femtosecond continuum generation are demonstrated.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Downer
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Fork
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Shank