Ho:YLF amplifier with Ti:Sapphire frontend for pumping mid-infrared optical parametric amplifier

Abstract

We present a Ho:YLF Chirped-Pulse Amplification laser for pumping a longwave infrared Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplifier at a 1 kHz repetition rate. By utilizing a Ti:Sapphire laser as a frontend, 5-μJ seed pulses at 2051 nm laser pulse are generated in a Dual-Chirp Optical Parametric Amplifier, which are amplified to 28 mJ pulses with a pulse duration of 5.6 ps. The scheme offers a potential driver for two-color (800 nm and 8 μm) high harmonic generation with an increased keV x-ray photon flux.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Oct 05, 2020
Source ID
10.1063/5.0021438

Entities

People

  • Bruce Weaver
  • Esben W. Larsen
  • Fangjie Zhou
  • Krishna Murari
  • Timur Avni
  • Yanchun Yin
  • Yi Wu
  • Zenghu Chang

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Army Research Office
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
  • Imperial College London
  • National Science Foundation
  • University of Central Florida

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy