• 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