A 160 ps pulse generation by stimulated Brillouin scattering-phase conjugation mirror at 1064 nm wavelength

Author

Yoshida, H. ; Fujita, H. ; Nakatsuka, M. ; Hatae, T. ; Kitamura, S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

A stimulated Brillouin scattering-phase conjugation mirror (SBS-PCM) in various liquids, gases and solids is a useful tool for improving the beam quality of high-peak-power laser systems. A SBS compressor enhances the peak intensity of pulses while maintaining their high energy, and compresses the laser pulse duration within 1 ns. This method is very simple and can be used to achieve high brightness. In order to obtain pico-second pulse, mode locking with regenerative amplifier is used. This scheme generally requires complicated optical configuration. A SBS pulse compressor is similar to SBS-PCM, but consists of a long SBS cell (or two long SBS-cells).

Keywords

laser beams; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical phase conjugation; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; SBS pulse compressor; high-peak-power laser system; laser beam quality; laser mode locking; optical phase conjugation mirror; optical pulse generation; pico-second laser pulse; regenerative amplifier; stimulated Brillouin scattering; time 160 ps; wavelength 1064 nm; Brillouin scattering; Gas lasers; Laser mode locking; Liquids; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation;

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.2009.5196529

Filename

5196529