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