Divided-pulse amplification to the joule level.pdf
Keywords
laser; amplifier; coherent combining
Abstract
Divided-pulse amplification (DPA) has proven to be a valuable tool in scaling the peak power of diode-pumped ytterbium-doped amplifiers to beyond the single-pulse threshold for parasitic nonlinear effects. DPA enables the amplification of picosecond pulses in solid-state amplifiers with limited bandwidth beyond the single-pulse damage threshold. In this Letter, we demonstrate DPA of picosecond pulses in a flashlamp-pumped Nd:YAG amplifier for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, yielding a combined pulse energy of 167 mJ.
Date Created
June 2016
STARS Citation
Azim, Ahmad; Webb, Benjamin; Bodnar, Nathan; Chini, Michael; Shah, Lawrence; and Richardson, Martin, "Divided-pulse amplification to the joule level.pdf" (2016). EGS Content. 56.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/egs_content/56