• DocumentCode
    348328
  • Title

    Thermal effects in a TW Ti:sapphire multipass amplifier

  • Author

    Ito, S. ; Nagaoka, H. ; Miura, T. ; Kobayashi, K. ; Endo, A. ; Torizuka, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Femtosecond Technol. Res. Assoc., Tsukuba, Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
  • Firstpage
    296
  • Abstract
    We present the results of investigations on the thermal effects in the Ti:sapphire multipass amplifier. The thermal lensing in the amplifier was evaluated by measuring the optical path difference (OPD). The OPD denotes the optical path difference of the Ti:sapphire gain medium in the amplifier with and without thermal loading of the pumping.
  • Keywords
    laser stability; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; thermal blooming; thermo-optical effects; titanium; TW Ti:sapphire multipass laser amplifier; Ti:sapphire gain medium; Ti:sapphire multipass amplifier; laser pumping; optical path difference; thermal effects; thermal lensing; thermal loading; Electrons; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Lenses; Power lasers; Power measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Thermal lensing; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul, South Korea
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5661-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811421
  • Filename
    811421