Spectrally tunable, temporally shaped parametric front end to seed high-energy Nd:glass laser systems
Abstract
Here, we describe a parametric-amplification–based front end for seeding high-energy Nd:glass laser systems. The front end delivers up to 200 mJ by parametric amplification in 2.5-ns flat-in-time pulses tunable over more than 15 nm. Spectral tunability over a range larger than what is typically achieved by laser media at similar energy levels is implemented to investigate cross-beam energy transfer in multibeam target experiments. The front-end operation is simulated to explain the amplified signal’s sensitivity to the input pump and signal. A large variety of amplified waveforms are generated by closed-loop pulse shaping. Various properties and limitations of this front end are discussed.
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- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Contributing Org.:
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1400335
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1405330
- Report Number(s):
- 2017-190, 1357
Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087; OPEXFF
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0001944
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Optics Express
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Volume: 25 Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; Lasers
Citation Formats
Dorrer, C., Consentino, A., Cuffney, R., Begishev, I. A., Hill, E. M., and Bromage, J. Spectrally tunable, temporally shaped parametric front end to seed high-energy Nd:glass laser systems. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1364/OE.25.026802.
Dorrer, C., Consentino, A., Cuffney, R., Begishev, I. A., Hill, E. M., & Bromage, J. Spectrally tunable, temporally shaped parametric front end to seed high-energy Nd:glass laser systems. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.026802
Dorrer, C., Consentino, A., Cuffney, R., Begishev, I. A., Hill, E. M., and Bromage, J. 2017.
"Spectrally tunable, temporally shaped parametric front end to seed high-energy Nd:glass laser systems". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.026802.
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title = {Spectrally tunable, temporally shaped parametric front end to seed high-energy Nd:glass laser systems},
author = {Dorrer, C. and Consentino, A. and Cuffney, R. and Begishev, I. A. and Hill, E. M. and Bromage, J.},
abstractNote = {Here, we describe a parametric-amplification–based front end for seeding high-energy Nd:glass laser systems. The front end delivers up to 200 mJ by parametric amplification in 2.5-ns flat-in-time pulses tunable over more than 15 nm. Spectral tunability over a range larger than what is typically achieved by laser media at similar energy levels is implemented to investigate cross-beam energy transfer in multibeam target experiments. The front-end operation is simulated to explain the amplified signal’s sensitivity to the input pump and signal. A large variety of amplified waveforms are generated by closed-loop pulse shaping. Various properties and limitations of this front end are discussed.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.25.026802},
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journal = {Optics Express},
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number = 22,
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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