DocumentCode
2229944
Title
Multimillijoule picosecond regenerative differentiator-amplifier
Author
Okishev, A.V.
Author_Institution
Lab. for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
150-ps-FWHM, 12-mJ pulses have been generated in a diode-pumped regenerative amplifier (DPRA) after differentiating a 3-ns-FWHM, SBS-steepened seeding pulse using a tunable Bragg grating filter as the DPRA resonator spectrally selective mirror.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser tuning; optical filters; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; DPRA resonator; SBS-steepened seeding pulse; diode-pumped regenerative amplifier; energy 12 mJ; multimillijoule picosecond pulse generation; spectrally selective mirror; time 150 ps; tunable Bragg grating filter; Bragg gratings; Diodes; Laser mode locking; Microchip lasers; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pulse amplifiers; 050.7330 Volume gratings; 140.3280 Laser amplifiers; 140.3480 Lasers, diode-pumped;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4571194
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