Title :
Picosecond thin-disk amplifiers with high average power for pumping optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Metzger, Thomas ; Graf, Regine ; Ueffing, Moritz ; Fattahi, Hanieh ; Schwarz, Andreas ; Helml, W. ; Novak, Jiri ; Chyla, Michal ; Smrz, Martin ; Sutter, David ; Kienberger, R. ; Korn, Georg ; Major, Zsuzsanna ; Krausz, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Munchen (LMU), Garching, Germany
Abstract :
Short-pulse-pumped optical parametric amplification (OPA) calls for picosecond lasers with high average powers. We report on the current thin-disk laser development, the synchronization between pump and seed sources and first OPA results.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; solid lasers; synchronisation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; picosecond lasers; picosecond thin disk amplifiers; pump sources; seed sources; thin disk laser development; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
