Experimental demonstration of nanosecond optical parametric amplifier in YCOB

被引：8
作者：
Li, Huanhuan [1 ]
Li, Shiguang [1 ]
Ma, Xiuhua [1 ]
Zhu, Xiaolei [1 ]
Tu, Xiaoniu [2 ]
Zheng, Yanqing [2 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Opt & Fine Mech, Shanghai Key Lab All Solid State Laser & Appl Tec, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Ceram, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China
来源：
LASER PHYSICS LETTERS | 2013年 / 10卷 / 05期
关键词：
CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION; YTTRIUM CALCIUM OXYBORATE; CRYSTALS; ENERGY;
D O I：
10.1088/1612-2011/10/5/055403
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
In this letter, we provide the experimental demonstration of nanosecond optical parametric amplification in YCOB centered at 1572 nm. The optical gain characterization of YCOB crystal was simulated and tested in this optical parametric conversion. A saturated OPA gain of 2.4 was obtained. The results confirm that YCOB crystal has the potential to be used in a high-energy cascade of MOPA parametric amplifiers at 1572 nm.
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