Title :
Regenerative amplification of laser diode pulses with variable pulse duration from ps to ns range
Author :
Esser, Dominik ; Hoffmann, Dieter ; Jungbluth, Bernd ; Poprawe, Reinhart
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. fur Lasertechnik, Aachen, Germany
Abstract :
A laser diode seeded Nd:YAG regenerative amplifier is demonstrated. The pulse duration of the laser diode is variable from 150 ps to 3 ns. Pulse energies of 0.5 mJ at kHz repetition rate are measured.
Keywords :
amplifiers; energy measurement; high-speed optical techniques; neodymium; optical variables measurement; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; 0.5 mJ; 150 ps to 3 ns; Nd:YAG regenerative amplifier; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; laser diode pulse; pulse energy measurement; regenerative amplification; repetition rate; variable pulse duration; Bandwidth; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312096
