888 nm pumped Nd:YVO4 regenerative amplifier with long pico-second pulses, 20 kHz repetition rate and efficient second harmonic generation

Author

Lührmann, Markus ; Theobald, Christian ; Wallenstein, Richard ; Huillier, Johannes A L

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report on a 888 nm diode-pumped Nd:YVO₄ regenerative amplifier with 33.8 W output-power with a repetition-rate of 20 kHz and hundreds of picoseconds pulse duration. Moreover a high conversion efficiency of 74% for second harmonic was reached.

Keywords

neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YVO₄:Nd; conversion efficiency; diode-pumped regenerative amplifier; efficiency 74 percent; laser pulse repetition-rate; long-pico-second pulse generation; power 33.8 W; second harmonic generation; wavelength 888 nm; Diodes; Lenses; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Ultrafast optics; (140.3280) Laser amplifiers; (140.3480) Lasers, diode-pumped;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225541