• DocumentCode
    2083318
  • 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
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    21-21 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    358
  • Lastpage
    359
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-778-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1366791