Iodine photodissociation laser SOFIA with MOPO-HF as a solid-state oscillator

被引:6
作者
Dostal, J. [1 ]
Turcicova, H. [2 ]
Kralikova, B. [2 ]
Kral, L. [2 ]
Huynh, J. [2 ]
机构
[1] Acad Sci Czech Republic, Inst Plasma Phys, Prague 18221, Czech Republic
[2] Acad Sci Czech Republic, Inst Phys, Prague 18221, Czech Republic
来源
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2009年 / 97卷 / 03期
关键词
FEDERAL NUCLEAR-CENTER; CHARGED TA IONS; ASTERIX-IV; FACILITY; SYSTEM; PERUN; PERFORMANCE; AMPLIFIER; PULSES; VNIIEF;
D O I
10.1007/s00340-009-3671-0
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The hybrid iodine photodissociation laser SOFIA has been constructed. The pulse feeding the amplifier chain is the idler wave of an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) tuned to the atomic iodine transition at 1315 nm. This solid-state oscillator enables ps-synchronization to other laser systems. A homemade automatic stabilization of the OPO idler wave as to wavelength and pointing ensures long-term stable operation of the whole system. The active medium of the SOFIA amplifiers is a mixture of C(3)F(7)I and He. The SOFIA pulses are frequency-tripled in two KD*P crystals and then serve as the driver in a two-stage optical parametric amplification scheme in which chirped broadband Ti:sapphire laser pulses are amplified (OPCPA).
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