Title :
High average output power, picosecond thin-rod Yb:YAG regenerative chirped pulse amplifier with 200 μJ pulse energy
Author :
Matsubara, Shinichi ; Tanaka, Motoharu ; Takama, Masaki ; Okuda, Shinya ; Kawato, Sakae ; Kobayashi, Takao
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Fukui Univ., Fukui
Abstract :
A LD-pumped, thin-rod Yb:YAG regenerative chirped pulse amplifier was developed. An average output power of 20 W was obtained at a repetition rate of 100 kHz with an output pulse width of 2 ps.
Keywords :
pulse amplifiers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; Y3Al5O12:Yb; average output power; power 20 W; regenerative chirped pulse amplifier; Chirp; High power amplifiers; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; (140.3280) Lasers, amplifiers; (140.3480) Lasers, diode pumped; (140.3615) Lasers, ytterbium;
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
