Title :
Broadband high-gain pre-amplifier system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier for PW laser
Author :
Yoshida, H. ; Ishii, E. ; Sawai, K. ; Kodama, R. ; Fujita, H. ; Kitagawa, Y. ; Sakabe, S. ; Miyanaga, N. ; Izawa, Y. ; Yamanaka, T. ; Fujita, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We have been developing the broadband high-gain front-end system using optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier for the PW laser system. The gain of over 10/sup 6/ without gain narrowing was obtained with good output characteristics.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser fusion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; solid lasers; 1 PW; GEKKO XII laser; Nd:glass laser; PW laser system; broadband high-gain preamplifier system; fast ignition concept; high-gain front-end system; inertial fusion energy; large scale laser system; optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier; pulse stretcher; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; temporal profiles; Broadband amplifiers; Chirp; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967736
