High-energy, all-solid-state, ultraviolet laser power-amplifier module design and its output-energy scaling principle

We demonstrate that a coaxially pumped, large-aperture ultraviolet power-amplifier module with solid-state tunable laser medium Ce(3+):LiCaAlF6 has 98-mJ, 290-nm, and 3-ns output pulses with a sufficient extraction efficiency of 25%. The detailed information of design parameters, including the gain-...

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Published inApplied optics (2004) Vol. 41; no. 36; p. 7556
Main Authors Ono, Shingo, Suzuki, Yuji, Kozeki, Toshimasa, Murakami, Hidetoshi, Ohtake, Hideyuki, Sarukura, Nobuhiko, Sato, Hiroki, Machida, Susumu, Shimamura, Kiyoshi, Fukuda, Tsuguo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 20.12.2002
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Summary:We demonstrate that a coaxially pumped, large-aperture ultraviolet power-amplifier module with solid-state tunable laser medium Ce(3+):LiCaAlF6 has 98-mJ, 290-nm, and 3-ns output pulses with a sufficient extraction efficiency of 25%. The detailed information of design parameters, including the gain-coefficient dependence on pump condition, is successfully accumulated for further energy scaling for a terawatt-class ultraviolet chirped pulse amplification laser system or a high-pulse-energy laser system.
ISSN:1559-128X
DOI:10.1364/AO.41.007556