Title :
Milli-joule operation of diode-pumped Yb:LiYF/sub 4/ a chirped-pulse regenerative amplifier for kilo-heltz repetition
Author :
Kawanaka, Junji ; Nishioka, Hajime ; Ueda, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution :
Adv. Photon Res. Center, Japan Atomic Energy Res. Inst., Kyoto
Abstract :
A diode-pumped Yb:LiYF4 chirped-pulse regenerative amplifier has been demonstrated as a pump duration. 10 mJ output power was obtained at 1 ms pump which enables 1 kHz repetition rate
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1 kHz; 1 ms; 10 mJ; LiYF4:Yb; Yb:LiYF4 amplifier; chirped-pulse regenerative amplifier; diode-pumped amplifier; kilohertz repetition rate operation; millijoule operation;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4