Title :
High average power high repetition rate chirped pulse amplifier for OPCPA pumping
Author :
Michailovas, Kirilas ; Michailovas, A. ; Zaukevicius, A. ; Smilgevicius, Valerijus
Author_Institution :
Center for Phys. Sci. & Technol., EKSPLA, Vilnius, Lithuania
fDate :
June 30 2014-July 4 2014
Abstract :
We present a high average power (~100W) picosecond pulses amplifier operating at 1 kHz repetition rate based on Nd:YAG active medium that should be an effective pump source for an OPCPA system.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; neodymium; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; solid lasers; OPCPA pumping; YAG:Nd; frequency 1 kHz; high average power chirped pulse amplifier; high repetition rate chirped pulse amplifier; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; picosecond pulses; Chirp; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Pump lasers; Nd:YAG; OPCPA; chirped; laser amplifier; picosecond;
Conference_Titel :
Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Saint Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3884-1
DOI :
10.1109/LO.2014.6886215
