High-power and high-conversion efficiency deep ultraviolet (DUV) laser at 258  nm generation in the CsLiB_6O_10 (CLBO) crystal with a beam quality of M^2<15

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (16) ◽  
pp. 3133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongwen Xuan ◽  
Chen Qu ◽  
Shinji Ito ◽  
Yohei Kobayashi
Author(s):  
Xiao Liang ◽  
Xinglong Xie ◽  
Jun Kang ◽  
Qingwei Yang ◽  
Hui Wei ◽  
...  

We present the design and experiment of a broadband optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier (OPCPA) which provides high conversion efficiency and good beam quality at 808 nm wavelength. Using a three-dimensional spatial and temporal numerical model, several design considerations necessary to achieve high conversion efficiency, good beam quality and good output stability are discussed. To improve the conversion efficiency and broaden the amplified signal bandwidth simultaneously, the nonlinear crystal length and OPCPA parameters are analyzed and optimized with the concept of dissipating amplified idler between optical parametric amplification (OPA) of two crystals configuration. In the experiment, an amplifier consisting of two OPCPA stages of ‘L’ type configuration was demonstrated by using the optimized parameters. An amplified signal energy of 160 mJ was achieved with a total pump-to-signal efficiency of 35% (43% efficiency for the OPCPA stage 2). The output bandwidth of signal pulse reached 80 nm and the signal pulse was compressed to 24 fs. The energy stability reached 1.67% RMS at 3% pump energy variation. The optimized OPCPA amplifier operates at a repetition rate of 1 Hz and is used as a front-end injection for the main amplifier of SG-II 5PW laser facility.


2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 064218
Author(s):  
Xiao Chen ◽  
Qi-Rong Xiao ◽  
Guang-Yong Jin ◽  
Ping Yan ◽  
Ma-Li Gong

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (25) ◽  
pp. 2000888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junjie Yu ◽  
Yunfei Xing ◽  
Chaoliang Hu ◽  
Zhijie Huang ◽  
Qinyi Qiu ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Sobczak ◽  
Elżbieta Dąbrowska ◽  
Marian Teodorczyk ◽  
Joanna Kalbarczyk ◽  
Andrzej Maląg

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