DocumentCode :
874136
Title :
210- 
J Picosecond Pulses From a Quasi-CW Nd:YVO 
Grazing-Incidence Two-Stage Slab Amplifi
Author :
Agnesi, Antonio ; Carrà, Luca ; Dallocchio, Paolo ; Pirzio, Federico ; Reali, Giancarlo ; Tomaselli, Alessandra ; Scarpa, Daniele ; Vacchi, Carla
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron., Univ. di Pavia, Pavia
Volume :
44
Issue :
10
fYear :
2008
Firstpage :
952
Lastpage :
957
Abstract :
A single-pass two-stage Nd:YVO4 amplifier was used to increase the energy of a 7.7-ps seed pulse from < 1 nJ to 210 muJ (11-ps time duration), maintaining the input spatial quality of the pulse. The laser-diode side-pumped grazing-incidence Nd:YVO4 slab amplifier was optimized for minimum amplified spontaneous emission noise and for maximum energy extraction, with single-pass small-signal gain of 59 dB. Diffraction-limited operation up to 1 kHz is possible. Conversion efficiency of 75 % at 532 nm and 40% at 266 nm was observed.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical fibre amplifiers; superradiance; yttrium compounds; YVO4:Nd; amplified spontaneous emission noise; diffraction-limited operation; gain 59 dB; laser amplifiers; laser-diode side-pumped grazing-incidence slab amplifier; maximum energy extraction; mode-locked lasers; quasi-CW grazing-incidence two-stage slab amplifier package; solid lasers; time 7.7 ps; ultrafast optics; wavelength 266 nm; wavelength 532 nm; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Slabs; Solid lasers; Spontaneous emission; Laser amplifiers; mode-locked lasers; solid lasers; ultrafast optics;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9197
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2008.2001241
Filename :
4633713
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