Title :
Pulse-energy stabilization method for high-energy multipass ti:sapphire CPA systems
Author :
Tokita, Shigeki ; Hashida, Masaki ; Masuno, Shin-Ichiro ; Namba, Shin ; Sakabe, Shuji
Author_Institution :
Adv. Reserach Center for Beam Sci., Kyoto Univ., Uji, Japan
Abstract :
Passive stabilization of pulse-to-pulse energy for a 50-mJ-class Ti:sapphire CPA system has been demonstrated. Very-low energy fluctuations of 0.5% rms (50 seconds) and 0.7% rms (150 minutes) were achieved by using the new method.
Keywords :
optical phase shifters; optical pulse generation; resonance; absorption characteristics; anharmonic resonance; collisionless heating; intense laser radiation; irreversibility resonance; phase shifts; ultrashort intense laser pulses; Fluctuations; High power amplifiers; Laser stability; Operational amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical losses; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ti:sapphire; stabilization; ultra-intense laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292128
