Title :
A broad-band, ultra-short pulse pre-amplifier for large scale CPA facilities
Author :
Hemandez-Gomez, C. ; Collier, J. ; Ross, I.N. ; Danson, C.N. ; Budd, F.
Author_Institution :
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Presents details of a single pass, high gain, ultra-broad band table top pre-amplifier that we have constructed using all commercial products as part of the new ultra-short pulse front-end of the Vulcan Nd:glass laser system. The amplifier operates at 1053 nm and has numerous features that offer significant advantages over traditional methods of amplification at this wavelength, such as directly in Nd:glass or through the use of Ti:sapphire based regenerative amplifier systems.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser beams; neodymium; optical glass; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; 1053 nm; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Nd; Nd:glass; Nd:glass laser system; Ti:sapphire based regenerative amplifier systems; Vulcan Nd:glass laser system; amplification; amplifier; broad-band ultra-short pulse pre-amplifier; chirped pulsed amplification; commercial products; large scale CPA facilities; single pass high gain ultra-broad band table top pre-amplifier; table top pre-amplifier; ultra-broad band table top pre-amplifier; ultra-short pulse front-end; Bandwidth; Chirp; Frequency measurement; Large-scale systems; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6319-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909768
