EFFICIENT, DIODE-LASER-PUMPED, DIODE-LASER-SEEDED, HIGH-PEAK-POWER ND-YLF REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER

被引：20

作者：

SELKER, MD ^{[1
]}

AFZAL, RS ^{[1
]}

DALLAS, JL ^{[1
]}

YU, AW ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] HUGHES STX CORP,LANHAM,MD 20706

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1994年 / 19卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.19.000551

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Optical amplification of 11 orders of magnitude in a microlens-collimated, diode-laser-pumped regenerative amplifier has been demonstrated. The amplifier was seeded with 20-ps pulses from an FM mode-locked oscillator and with 0.9-ns pulses from a modulated diode laser. Seed pulses from both sources were amplified to energies exceeding 2.6 mJ. With the thermoelectric coolers and the Pockels cell electronics neglected, the diode-seeded system exhibited an electrical-to-optical efficiency of 2.2%.

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页码：551 / 553

页数：3

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