• DocumentCode
    1666009
  • Title

    Amplification of high-power picosecond 10-μm pulses in atmospheric CO2 laser

  • Author

    Tochitsky, S. ; Pigeon, J. ; Haberberger, D. ; Joshi, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Neptune Lab., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    3 ps pulses are amplified to >10 GW peak power in a TEA CO2 laser using ac Stark broadening. Demonstration of such broadband amplification opens opportunities for a powerful mid-IR source at a high-repetition rate.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Gas lasers; Laser transitions; Measurement by laser beam; Power lasers; X-ray lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326114