Multi-atmosphere picosecond CO2 amplifier optically pumped at 4.3 μm

Tovey, Dana; Polyanskiy, Mikhail N.; Tochitsky, S. Ya.; Pigeon, J. J.; Louwrens, G. J.; Ben-Zvi, I.; Joshi, C.

doi:10.1364/AO.58.005756

Title: Multi-atmosphere picosecond CO₂ amplifier optically pumped at 4.3 μm

Journal Article · 28 June 2019 · Applied Optics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.005756 · OSTI ID:1530520

Tovey, Dana ^[1]; Polyanskiy, Mikhail N. ^[2]; Tochitsky, S. Ya. ^[1]; Pigeon, J. J. ^[3]; Louwrens, G. J. ^[1]; Ben-Zvi, I. ^[3]; Joshi, C. ^[1]

Univ. of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States)

The possibility of the amplification of picosecond 10 μmpulses to GW powers in an optically pumped 20 atmosphere CO₂ laser is shown using numerical simulations. Here, multi-mJ 4.3 μm pulses generated by a tunable Fe:ZnSe laser are considered for pumping.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; SC0018378

OSTI ID:: 1530520

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1542698

Report Number(s):: BNL-211826-2019-JAAM

Journal Information:: Applied Optics, Vol. 58, Issue 21; ISSN 1559-128X

Publisher:: Optical Society of AmericaCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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