Development of High Energy Diode-Pumped Thick-Disk Yb:YAG Chirped-Pulse-Amplification Lasers
| Autor: | Brendan A. Reagan, Federico J. Furch, B. M. Luther, Keith A. Wernsing, Alden Curtis, Jorge J. Rocca |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Ytterbium
Chirped pulse amplification Materials science business.industry Amplifier chemistry.chemical_element Condensed Matter Physics Laser Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Semiconductor laser theory law.invention Optical pumping Optics chemistry law Picosecond Optoelectronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Diode |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 48:827-835 |
| ISSN: | 1558-1713 0018-9197 |
| Popis: | We discuss the results of work directed toward the development of high energy (>;1 J), high average power, diode-pumped picosecond lasers. The design and operation of diode-pumped chirped-pulse-amplification Yb:YAG lasers that combine either room temperature or cryogenically-cooled regenerative amplifiers with cryo-cooled power amplifiers for superior thermal performance and efficient energy extraction are discussed. Results obtained using thick-disk amplifiers include the generation of 100 mJ, 5-ps duration laser pulses at 100-Hz repetition rate, and 1-J pulses of 8.5-ps duration at 10-Hz repetition rate. The performance of the amplifiers in terms of pulse energy and bandwidth under a variety of pump condition is presented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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