Optical phase conjugation of ps pulses at 1.06 µm in Sn2P2S6:Te for abberation corrections of high-power Nd-doped amplifiers

Author

Bach, Tobias ; Nawata, Kouji ; Jazbinsek, Mojca ; Omatsu, Takashige ; Gunter, Peter

Author_Institution

Inst. of Quantum Electron., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, we present first investigations of self-pumped optical phase conjugation in Sn₂P₂S₆ in the pico-second pulsed regime and demonstrate its applicability for efficient aberration corrections of a high-power side-pumped Nd:YVO₄ amplifier at 1.06 mum.

Keywords

aberrations; neodymium; optical phase conjugation; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; tellurium compounds; tin compounds; yttrium compounds; Sn₂P₂S₆:Te; YVO₄:Nd; aberration correction; high-power neodymium-doped amplifier; optical phase conjugation; pico-second pulsed regime; side-pumped amplifier; wavelength 1.06 mum; Adaptive optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Phase change materials; Photorefractive materials; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Tin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5194700

Filename

5194700