• DocumentCode
    2244971
  • Title

    Conductively cooled Ho:Tm:LuLiF laser amplifier

  • Author

    Bai, Yingxin ; Yu, Jirong ; Trieu, Bo ; Petros, M. ; Petzar, Paul ; Lee, Hyung ; Singh, U.

  • Author_Institution
    Sci. Syst. & Applic. Inc., Hampton, VA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A conductively-cooled Ho:Tm:LuLiF laser head can amplify 80 mJ/340 ns probe pulses into 400 mJ when the pump pulse energy is close to amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) threshold, 5.6J. For a small signal, the double-pass amplification exceeds 25.
  • Keywords
    amplification; holmium; lutetium compounds; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; LuLiF:Ho,Tm; amplified spontaneous emission threshold; conductively-cooled laser amplifier; double-pass amplification; pump pulse energy; Diodes; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Optical polarization; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Temperature; (140.3280) Laser amplifiers; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571824