• DocumentCode
    519949
  • Title

    Picosecond 10 µm pulse amplification in isotopic CO2 active medium

  • Author

    Polyanskiy, Mikhail N. ; Pogorelsky, Igor V. ; Yakimenko, Vitaly

  • Author_Institution
    Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Using isotopically enriched carbon dioxide in a CO2 laser amplifier we eliminated the splitting of a picosecond pulse during amplification that usually results from modulations in the periodical spectrum caused by the rotational line structure.
  • Keywords
    gas lasers; isotopic active medium; laser amplifier; pulse amplification; rotational line structure; Carbon dioxide; Gas lasers; Isotopes; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499507