Title :
Cryogenically-cooled active-mirror oscillator with Yb-doped material for inertial fusion energy driver
Author :
Kawanaka, Junji ; Tokita, Shigki ; Nishioka, Hajime ; Fujita, Masayuki ; Kawashima, Toshiyuki ; Yanagitani, Takagimi ; Ueda, Ken-ichi ; Izawa, Yasukazu
Author_Institution :
Osaka University, Japan, kawanaka@ile.osaka-u.ac.jp
Abstract :
An active-mirror oscillator with a cryogenically cooled Yb: YLF has been demonstrated for the first time. Output pulse energy was 40mJ and 3.4mJ for the free-running and Q-switching modes, respectively, in quasi-cw pump at 10Hz.
Keywords :
Crystalline materials; Laser fusion; Laser modes; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical surface waves; Oscillators; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569380
