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
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