Single-stage Yb:YAG booster amplifier producing 2.3 mJ, 520 fs pulses at 10 kHz

Julien Pouysegur,Florent Guichard,Birgit Weichelt,Martin Delaigue,Yoann Zaouter,Clemens Hönninger,Eric Mottay,Patrick Georges,Frédéric Druon

Single-stage Yb:YAG booster amplifier producing 2.3 mJ, 520 fs pulses at 10 kHz

2015

Julien Pouysegur
Florent Guichard
Birgit Weichelt
Martin Delaigue
Yoann Zaouter
Clemens Hönninger
Eric Mottay
Patrick Georges
Frédéric Druon

520fs, 2.3-mJ pulses are demonstrated in a Yb:YAG booster amplifier delivering peak powers up to 4.4GW. To avoid damage and nonlinear-effect issues, passive divided pulse amplification is studied for the first time for bulk-amplifier.

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Amplifier
Booster (rocketry)
Electronic engineering
Materials science
Pulse (signal processing)
Optics
single stage
Fiber laser

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