Title :
Sagnac-interferometer multipass-loop amplifier
Author :
Roither, S. ; Verhoef, A. ; Mucke, O.D. ; Reider, G. ; Pugzlys, A. ; Baltuska, A.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Inst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna
Abstract :
We demonstrate an interferometrically stable pulse multiplexing-amplification-recombination scheme for direct laser amplification of picosecond pulses. Switching from single pulse amplification to the burst mode increases extraction efficiency, gain in cw-pumped crystals and output energies.
Keywords :
Sagnac interferometers; laser beams; laser stability; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; solid lasers; CW-pumped crystals; Sagnac-interferometer multipass-loop amplifier; burst mode operation; direct laser amplification; extraction efficiency; interferometrically stable pulse multiplexing-amplification-recombination scheme; laser gain; laser output energies; picosecond pulse amplification; Laser modes; Optical amplifiers; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pump lasers; Sagnac interferometers; Thermal expansion; Thermal lensing; (140.3280) Laser amplifiers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
