DocumentCode
2258822
Title
High average output power, picosecond thin-rod Yb:YAG regenerative chirped pulse amplifier with 200 μJ pulse energy
Author
Matsubara, Shinichi ; Tanaka, Motoharu ; Takama, Masaki ; Okuda, Shinya ; Kawato, Sakae ; Kobayashi, Takao
Author_Institution
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Fukui Univ., Fukui
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
A LD-pumped, thin-rod Yb:YAG regenerative chirped pulse amplifier was developed. An average output power of 20 W was obtained at a repetition rate of 100 kHz with an output pulse width of 2 ps.
Keywords
pulse amplifiers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; Y3Al5O12:Yb; average output power; power 20 W; regenerative chirped pulse amplifier; Chirp; High power amplifiers; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; (140.3280) Lasers, amplifiers; (140.3480) Lasers, diode pumped; (140.3615) Lasers, ytterbium;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
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
Type
conf
Filename
4572446
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