Title :
1-kHz pulsed pumped Yb:YAG thin disk regenerative amplifier
Author :
Miura, Tsuyoshi ; Chyla, Michal ; Smrz, Martin ; Nagisetty, Siva Sankar ; Severova, Patricie ; Novak, O. ; Endo, Akira ; Mocek, Tomas
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
The framework of the Research Program 1 (RP1) in the HiLASE[1] project is to develop both the 500-mJ at 1-kHz repetition rate and the 5-mJ at 100-kHz repetition rate laser systems with 1-2ps pulse duration based on thin disk technology for industrial, scientific, and medical applications. The front-end of our laser system contains a regenerative amplifier as the first stage of amplifier chain. We are developing the Yb:YAG thin disk regenerative amplifier with pulse energy of 120-130mJ before pulse compression at the repetition rate of 1-kHz. As the first step towards the 100-mJ class regenerative amplifier, we have developed a prototype of Yb:YAG thin disk regenerative amplifier operating in the range of 1-kHz to 10-kHz repetition rate.
Keywords :
amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; YAG:Yb; frequency 1 kHz to 10 kHz; industrial application; laser systems; medical application; pulse compression; pulsed pumped thin disk regenerative amplifier; scientific application; thin disk technology; Diode lasers; Laser beams; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6800625
