• 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