Title :
High energy and low noise Ho:YLF regenerative amplifiers: A noise and stability analysis
Author :
Kroetz, Peter ; Ruehl, Axel ; Murari, Krishna ; Cankaya, Huseyin ; Calendron, Anne-Laure ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Hartl, Ingmar ; Miller, R. J. Dwayne
Author_Institution :
Center for Free-Electron Laser Sci., Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
The dynamics and stability of Ho:YLF regenerative amplifiers is studied experimentally and numerically, whereas operating conditions are analyzed with respect to energy fluctuations. We propose a low-noise laser design operating at a second stability point.
Keywords :
holmium; lithium compounds; optical noise; optical parametric amplifiers; yttrium compounds; YLF:Ho; dynamics; energy fluctuations; high energy regenerative amplifiers; low noise regenerative amplifiers; operating conditions; stability analysis; Bifurcation; Fluctuations; Laser stability; Noise; Numerical models; Numerical stability; Stability analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
