Title :
30-mJ, 1-kHz, Yb:YAG thin disk regenerative amplifier with pulsed pumping at 969-nm
Author :
Chyla, Michal ; Miura, Tsuyoshi ; Smrz, Martin ; Severova, Patricie ; Novak, O. ; Endo, Akira ; Mocek, Tomas
Author_Institution :
HiLASE Project, Inst. of Phys., Prague, Czech Republic
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We have obtained 30-mJ output at 1-kHz from Yb:YAG thin disk regenerative amplifier. By applying pulsed pumping method, we have improved the efficiency from 12% to 19%, and obtained diffraction limited beam at 24-mJ output.
Keywords :
laser beams; light diffraction; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; YAG:Yb; Yb:YAG thin disk regenerative amplifier; diffraction limited beam; energy 20 mJ; energy 30 mJ; frequency 1 kHz; pulsed pumping; wavelength 969 nm; Laser beams; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6599969
