Provided is a high-repetition-rate femtosecond regenerative amplification
system. The regenerative amplification system includes: a laser
oscillator emitting pulses; a stretcher stretching the pulses with
negative dispersion; a regenerative amplifier amplifying the pulses, the
regenerative amplifier comprising an acousto-optic modulator for pulse
switching, a pulsed pump laser for pumping a gain medium, a resonator for
reciprocating the pulses between a plurality of mirrors, and at least one
chirped mirror for providing negative dispersion; and a glass compressor
compressing the pulses. Accordingly, the 100 kHz-class
high-repetition-rate femtosecond regenerative amplification system can
produce an output energy of tens of .mu.J, higher than a few .mu.J
provided by a conventional system.