• 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