Title :
High-contrast, high-energy, multipass amplifier
Author :
Wojtkiewicz, Jeff ; Bera, Sudipta ; Squier, Jeff ; Durfee, Charles G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO
Abstract :
We present a multipass amplifier that operates with low gain, large mode volume, high temporal contrast (>109) and high beam quality (1.25times diffraction limit). We have implemented the design with Ti:sapphire at 10 Hz and 1 kHz
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical design techniques; solid lasers; titanium; 1 kHz; 10 Hz; Al2O3:Ti; Ti:sapphire laser; amplifier ring design; high beam quality; high temporal contrast; high-contrast amplifier; high-energy amplifier; large mode volume; low gain amplifier; multipass amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
