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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
