Direct amplification of picosecond pulses in F{sub 2}{sup -} : LiF crystals

Journal Article · Mon Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2006V036N07ABEH013171· OSTI ID:21466544

Basiev, Tasoltan T; Garnov, Sergei V; Vovchenko, V I; Karasik, Aleksandr Ya; Klimentov, Sergei M; Konyushkin, V A; Kravtsov, S B; Malyutin, A A; Papashvili, A G; Pivovarov, Pavel A

An amplifier of picosecond pulses with an output power up to 10{sup 10} W and an energy up to 30 mJ at 1180 nm is developed on the basis of F{sub 2}{sup -} : LiF colour-center crystals. A 3-5-ps, 0.03-mJ probe pulse at 1.18{mu}m was obtained upon intracavity SRS conversion in a passively mode-locked Nd{sup 3+} : KGd(WO{sub 4}){sub 2} laser. The F{sub 2}{sup -} : LiF crystals were pumped by 1053-nm nanosecond pulses from a Nd : YLF laser, amplified in a GLS-22 phosphate glass to an energy of 5 J. The probe SRS pulses were amplified in a four-crystal two-cascade amplifier based on F{sub 2}{sup -} : LiF crystals with the total length of the active medium of 360 mm, by using counterpropagating pump beams. The dependences of the output radiation energy on the pump and input signal energies are measured. (special issue devoted to the 90th anniversary of a.m. prokhorov)

• OSTI ID: 21466544
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 36, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2006v036n07ABEH013171; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
AMPLIFIERS
COLOR CENTERS
CRYSTALS
GADOLINIUM TUNGSTATES
LASERS
LITHIUM FLUORIDES
NEODYMIUM IONS
OPTICAL PUMPING
PHOTON BEAMS
POTASSIUM TUNGSTATES
PROBES
PULSES
RAMAN EFFECT
SIGNALS
STIMULATED EMISSION
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BEAMS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CRYSTAL DEFECTS
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EMISSION
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EQUIPMENT
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
IONS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM HALIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POINT DEFECTS
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
PUMPING
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TUNGSTATES
TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS
VACANCIES