Title :
Simultaneous spectral broadening and amplification of a laser pulse in a glass plate
Author :
Liu, Jun ; Kobayashi, Takayoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Chem., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated a novel method of simultaneous spectral broadening and amplification of a laser pulse in a glass plate. A proof-of-principle experiment improved both the spectrum and the energy by a factor of about three.
Keywords :
Chemical lasers; Frequency conversion; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
