• DocumentCode
    3017674
  • Title

    Pump Beams Homogenization for Terawatt / Petawatt Class Ti:Sapphire Amplifiers

  • Author

    Canova, F. ; Chambaret, J.-P. ; Reversat, F. ; Tisserand, S. ; Pie, F. ; Pittman, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Our goal is to robust configurations for terawatt/petawatt-class power amplifiers. We investigate the processes involved in Ti:Sa pumping: damage threshold of amplifying material, beam transport (relay-image or homogenization) and coherence properties of pump lasers.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; amplifying material damage threshold; beam transport technique; pump beams homogenization; pump lasers coherence properties; reliable pumping configurations; terawatt-petawatt-class power amplifier design; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Smoothing methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453298
  • Filename
    4453298
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3017674