Hybrid master oscillator power amplifier system providing 10 mJ, 32 W, and 50 MW pulses for optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification pumping

    Authors

    A. Vaupel; N. Bodnar; B. Webb; L. Shah; M. Hemmer; E. Cormier;M. Richardson

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys.

    Keywords

    HZ REPETITION RATE; HIGH-ENERGY; AVERAGE-POWER; REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER; PEAK POWER; LASER; COMPENSATION; CW; GENERATION; MIRROR; Optics

    Abstract

    We present a high-energy, high-average-power picosecond laser system based on a hybrid chain in a master oscillator power amplifier configuration. The chain is seeded by a Ti:sapphire oscillator, followed by a Yb-doped fiber preamplifier, a Nd:YAG-based regenerate amplifier, and a Nd:YVO4-based single-pass amplifier. The final diode-pumped, solid-state amplifier is detailed and produces pulses with more than 10 mJ energy at 32 W average power with 207 ps duration, corresponding to 50 MW peak power. The picosecond pulse output is seeded and optically synchronized with the sub-5-fs oscillator for optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification pumping. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics

    Volume

    30

    Issue/Number

    12

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    3278

    Last Page

    3283

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000327879300025

    ISSN

    0740-3224

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