Title :
High-energy, picosecond, cryogenic Yb∶YAG chirped-pulse amplifier at kHz repetition rates for OPCPA pumping
Author :
Hong, Kyung-Han ; Gopinath, Juliet ; Rand, Darren ; Siddiqui, Aleem ; Huang, Shu-Wei ; Li, Enbang ; Eggleton, Benjamin ; Hybl, John ; Fan, Tso Yee ; Kärtner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol. (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We report on the development of a 50-mJ-class ~10-ps chirped-pulse amplifier at kHz repetition rates using cryogenic Yb:YAG regenerative and multi-pass amplifiers. The system is well suited as pump laser for kHz high-average-power ultra-broadband OPCPAs.
Keywords :
cryogenic electronics; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; ytterbium; OPCPA pumping; YAG:Yb; cryogenic chirped-pulse amplifier; multipass amplifiers; pump laser; regenerative amplifiers; Bandwidth; Chirp; Cryogenics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; 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
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
