Divided-pulse amplification to the joule level

被引：8
作者：
Webb, Benjamin [1 ]
Azim, Ahmad [1 ]
Bodnar, Nathan [1 ]
Chini, Michael [1 ,2 ]
Shah, Lawrence [1 ]
Richardson, Martin [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Cent Florida, Coll Opt & Photon, Townes Laser Inst, 4000 Cent Florida Blvd, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
[2] Univ Cent Florida, Dept Phys, 4000 Cent Florida Blvd, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2016年 / 41卷 / 13期
关键词：
COHERENT BEAM COMBINATION; GW PEAK-POWER; SYSTEM; AMPLIFIERS; STACKING; LASERS; MJ;
D O I：
10.1364/OL.41.003106
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
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. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America
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页码：3106 / 3109
页数：4
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