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Title: Quasi-waveguide amplifiers based on bulk laser gain media in Herriott-type multipass cells
(Submitted on 23 Apr 2024)
Abstract: We present here a new geometry for laser amplifiers based on bulk gain media. The overlapped seed and pump beams are repetitively refocused into the gain medium with a Herriott-type multipass cell. Similar to a waveguide, this configuration allows for a confined propagation inside the gain medium over much longer lengths than in ordinary single pass bulk amplifiers. Inside the gain medium, the foci appear at separate locations. A proof-of-principle demonstration with Ti:sapphire indicates that this could lead to higher amplification due to a distribution of the thermal load.
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From: Johann Gabriel Meyer [view email][v1] Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:36:38 GMT (711kb)
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