HIGH-POWER LONGITUDINALLY END-DIODE-PUMPED NDYLF REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER

Authors
TURI L JUHASZ T
Citation
L. Turi et T. Juhasz, HIGH-POWER LONGITUDINALLY END-DIODE-PUMPED NDYLF REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER, Optics letters, 20(2), 1995, pp. 154-156
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
154 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:2<154:HLENRA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We describe a high-power compact diode-pumped Nd:YLF regenerative ampl ifier. The pumping source is a 15-W diode-laser array that is focused into the laser crystal with a longitudinal end-pumping arrangement bas ed on an array of cylindrical microlenses. Seeded with 15-ps pulses fr om a diode-pumped and mode-locked Nd:YLF oscillator, the regenerative amplifier produces pulses of 0.5-mJ energy at a 1-kHz repetition rate. A pulse energy as high as 0.75 mJ is achieved at a 500-Hz repetition rate and below.