DocumentCode
688770
Title
Energy-scaling of DPSS picosecond amplifiers for OPCPA pumping
Author
Vaupel, Andreas ; Bodnar, Nathan ; Webb, Benjamin ; Shah, Lawrence ; Cormier, Eric ; Richardson, Mark
Author_Institution
CREOL - The Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
High power, high energy, picosecond amplifier systems are required for the next generation of OPCPA systems. We address energy scaling and challenges of thermal loading and depolarization in high repetition rate amplifiers for OPCPA pumping.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; solid lasers; DPSS picosecond amplifiers; OPCPA pumping; depolarization; diode-pumped solid-state amplifier; energy scaling; high power high energy picosecond amplifier systems; high repetition rate amplifiers; optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification; thermal loading; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833145
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