DocumentCode :
733841
Title :
145 W, 3 kHz picosecond amplifier for OPCPA pumping
Author :
Bodnar, Nathan ; Webb, Benjamin ; Shah, Michael Chini Lawrence ; Richardson, Martin
Author_Institution :
Townes Laser Inst., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
fYear :
2015
fDate :
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
2
Abstract :
OPCPA laser systems require a high-quality, high-energy picosecond pump. The challenges of energy scaling in multi-kilohertz systems include thermal loads, depolarization and gain extraction. We address these issues for a high energy/average power MOPA System.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; solid lasers; OPCPA pumping; depolarization; energy scaling; frequency 3 kHz; gain extraction; high-energy picosecond pump; high-quality picosecond pump; multi-kilohertz systems; picosecond amplifier; power 145 W; thermal loads; Imaging; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Type :
conf
Filename :
7184283
Link To Document :
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