High-power dye laser using steady-state amplification with chirped pulses

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Applied Optics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.35.001404· OSTI ID:285514

Hosoi, F; Shimura, M; Nabekawa, Y; Kondo, K; Watanabe, S ^[1]

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1. Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Roppongi 7-22-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 (Japan)

Steady-state chirped-pulse amplification was applied to a five-stage dye amplifier system to extract available energy over the full gain duration and at the same time suppress the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). An output energy of 41 mJ was generated with 1.4-ns chirped pulses having an ASE of 3{percent} and a pumping efficiency of 8.8{percent} for the final amplifier. After five-stage amplification these pulses were compressed to 320 fs FWHM. {copyright} {ital 1996 Optical Society of America.}

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 285514
• Journal Information: Applied Optics, Journal Name: Applied Optics Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 35; ISSN APOPAI; ISSN 0003-6935
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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