Title :
A composite Yb:YAG / Yb:GSAG cryogenically cooled amplifier for picosecond pulses
Author :
Rand, Darren ; Miller, Daniel ; Goldizen, Kris ; Ochoa, Juan R. ; Ripin, Daniel J. ; Fan, Tso Yee
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
A laser amplifier using two cryogenically cooled materials, Gd3Sc2Al3O12 (GSAG) and YAG, demonstrates tens of millijoule pulse energy at kilohertz repetition rates. The near-diffraction-limited output was compressed to picosecond pulse duration.
Keywords :
composite materials; gadolinium compounds; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; ytterbium; YAG:Yb-Gd3Sc2Al3O12:Yb; composite cryogenically cooled amplifier; kilohertz repetition rate; laser amplifier; millijoule pulse energy; near diffraction-limited output; picosecond pulse duration; Cryogenics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optimized production technology; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
