• DocumentCode
    2986592
  • Title

    Optical regenerative amplifier based on amplification of femtosecond chirped laser pulse

  • Author

    Hugonnot, E. ; Nellet, A. ; Mennerat, G. ; Freysz, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Commissariat a l´´Energie Atomique, Centre d´´Etudes Sci. et Tech. d´´Aquitaine, Le Barp, France
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1969
  • Abstract
    A regenerative amplifier based on parametric amplification of a chirped femtosecond signal pulse and pumped by a nanosecond frequency doubled Q-switched Nd :YAG laser is demonstrated. The amplified signal pulses are bandwidth limited.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; Nd :YAG laser; Q-switching; Y3Al5O12:Nd; femtosecond chirped laser pulse; frequency doubling; optical regenerative amplifier; parametric amplification; pumping; Chirp; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202337
  • Filename
    1573403