Title :
Large-aperture Ce/sup 3+/:LiCaAlF/sub 6/ power-amplifier module for the terawatt-class ultraviolet solid-state laser system
Author :
Ono, Shintaro ; Suzuki, Yuya ; Kozeki, T. ; Murakami, H. ; Ohtake, H. ; Sarukura, N. ; Sato, Hikaru ; Machida, Shimon ; Shimamura, Kohei ; Fukuda, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Abstract :
Coaxially- pumped large-aperture Ce:LiCaAlF/sub 6/ power-amplifier module for the TW ultraviolet CPA laser system is demonstrated to have 98-mJ output with 25% extraction efficiency. This performance of the gain module is sufficiently good for the TW-class UV CPA laser system. Such solid-stale laser development will open up a new category of UV high-peak-power laser systems for the real world applications.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; calcium compounds; cerium; lithium compounds; modules; solid lasers; ultraviolet sources; 25 percent; 98 mJ; Ce/sup 3+/:LiCaAlF/sub 6/ power laser amplifier module; LiCaAlF/sub 6/:Ce/sup 3+/; TW-class UV CPA laser system; UV high-peak-power laser system; extraction efficiency; terawatt-class ultraviolet solid-state laser system; ultraviolet CPA laser system; Absorption; Crystals; Frequency; Gain measurement; Hydrogen; Laser excitation; Performance evaluation; Polarization; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033473
