Title :
1 Joule, 100 Hz repetition rate, picosecond CPA laser for driving high average power soft x-ray lasers
Author :
Reagan, Brendan A. ; Bamgarten, Cory ; Wernsing, Keith ; Bravo, Herman ; Woolston, Mark ; Curtis, Alden ; Furch, Federico J. ; Luther, Bradley M. ; Patel, Dinesh ; Menoni, C.S. ; Rocca, Jorge J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
A diode-pumped cryogenic Yb:YAG CPA laser that produces 1J, 5ps pulses allowed for the first time the uninterrupted generation of 1.8×105 sub-20nm wavelength laser pulses with microjoule energy at 100Hz repetition rate on a table-top.
Keywords :
optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; YAG:Yb; diode-pumped cryogenic Yb:YAG CPA laser; energy 1 J; frequency 100 Hz; high average power soft X-ray lasers; laser pulses generation; microjoule energy; picosecond CPA laser; repetition rate; time 5 ps; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Ultraviolet sources; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
