We present the performance of a high-power Nd:glass laser system,which produces a 1.1 J,250 fs,7.3 nm broadband laser pulse based on the combination of optical parametric amplification(OPA) and chirped pulse amplifica...We present the performance of a high-power Nd:glass laser system,which produces a 1.1 J,250 fs,7.3 nm broadband laser pulse based on the combination of optical parametric amplification(OPA) and chirped pulse amplification(CPA).The two-stage OPA provides broadband seed pulses for the three-stage Nd:glass amplifiers based on the technology of CPA.Compared to the conventional oscillator seed source,the most important advantage of such a seed source supplied by the two-stage OPA is that it possesses the capacities of broad bandwidth and high energy.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.60890202)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No.20110161110012)+1 种基金the Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Province (Grant No.2011FJ3121)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,Hunan University and SRF for ROCS,SEM
文摘We present the performance of a high-power Nd:glass laser system,which produces a 1.1 J,250 fs,7.3 nm broadband laser pulse based on the combination of optical parametric amplification(OPA) and chirped pulse amplification(CPA).The two-stage OPA provides broadband seed pulses for the three-stage Nd:glass amplifiers based on the technology of CPA.Compared to the conventional oscillator seed source,the most important advantage of such a seed source supplied by the two-stage OPA is that it possesses the capacities of broad bandwidth and high energy.
