Flashlamp-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser amplifier

Author

Takada, Hideyuki ; Miyazaki, Kenzo ; Torizuka, Kenji

Author_Institution

Laser Section, Electrotech. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

33

Issue

12

fYear

1997

fDate

12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2282

Lastpage

2285

Abstract

A flashlamp-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser amplifier has been developed that is capable of producing ultrashort pulses with a peak power of ~TW. A systematic experimental study of laser oscillation, its small-signal gain, and chirped-pulse amplification has been performed under the same pumping conditions. The characteristic properties and performance of the Cr:LiSAF laser amplifier are reported

Keywords

aluminium compounds; chirp modulation; chromium; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser variables measurement; lithium compounds; optical modulation; optical pumping; oscillations; solid lasers; strontium compounds; 1 TW; Cr:LiSrAlF₆ laser amplifier; LiSrAlF₆:Cr; characteristic properties; chirped-pulse amplification; flashlamp-pumped laser amplifier; laser amplifier; laser oscillation; mall-signal gain; peak power; performance; pumping conditions; ultrashort pulses; Chirp; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.644111

Filename

644111