Title :
High-average-power picosecond drive source for photocathode injectors
Author :
Dergachev, Alex ; Yakshin, Mikhail A. ; Moulton, Peter F. ; Janke, Carsten ; Benetti, Marco ; Ruchti, Thomas ; Shinn, Michelle
Author_Institution :
Q-Peak, Inc.,, Bedford, MA, USA
Abstract :
We report a diode-pumped, Nd:YVO4, picosecond MOPA system based on passively mode-locked oscillator enabled by SESAM® technology that produces >20 W of average power at 532 nm.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; oscillators; photocathodes; power amplifiers; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 532 nm; MOPA system; SESAM; YVO4:Nd; diode-pumping; passively mode-locked oscillator; photocathode injector; picosecond drive source; semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror; Cathodes; Free electron lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical design; Oscillators; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse power systems; Semiconductor diodes; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201713