Title :
100 mJ thin disk regenerative amplifier at 1 kHz as a pump for picosecond OPCPA
Author :
Novak, Jakub ; Bakule, Pavel ; Green, Jonathan T. ; Hubka, Zbynek ; Rus, Bedrich
Author_Institution :
Extreme Light Infrastruct. - Beamlines, FZU, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
Stable operation with energy >100mJ of the Yb:YAG thin disk regenerative amplifier at 1kHz has been achieved. The amplifier is being developed as a pump for the picosecond OPCPA of the L1 beamline at ELI-Beamlines.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser beams; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; ELI-Beamlines; L1 beamline; Yb:YAG thin disk regenerative amplifier; energy 100 mJ; frequency 1 kHz; optical pump; picosecond OPCPA; Cavity resonators; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA