• DocumentCode
    2228772
  • Title

    100-mJ diode-pumped, cryogenically-cooled Yb:YLF chirped-pulse regenerative amplifier

  • Author

    Ogawa, Kanade ; Akahane, Yutaka ; Yamakawa, Koichi

  • Author_Institution
    Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A cryogenically-cooled, Yb-doped YLF chirped-pulse regenerative amplifier with an output pulse energy of 107 mJ was obtained at a 10-Hz repetition rate. To our knowledge, this is the highest energy Yb-doped solid-state regenerative amplifier.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; YLF:Yb; cryogenically-cooled chirped-pulse regenerative amplifier; diode-pumped chirped-pulse regenerative amplifier; energy 100 mJ; energy 107 mJ; frequency 10 Hz; solid-state regenerative amplifier; Chirp; Crystals; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical fiber amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950178