Title :
Nd:glass regenerative amplifier with spatiotemporally shaped pulses for pumping an optical parametric chirped pulse amplification laser system
Author :
Hugonnot, E. ; Luce, J. ; Beck, N. ; Coic, H.
Author_Institution :
Centre d´´Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques d´´Aquitaine, Commissariat a I´´Energie Atomique, Le Barp, France
Abstract :
We present a Nd:glass regenerative amplifier which has been set up to efficiently pump an optical parametric chirped pulse amplification system. Spatial and temporal mode shaping of the pump pulse is described.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser beams; neodymium; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse shaping; optical pumping; Nd:glass regenerative amplifier; laser system pumping; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification laser system; spatial mode shaping; spatiotemporally shaped pulses; temporal mode shaping; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spatiotemporal phenomena; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548958
