Optimized Ce:LiCAF amplifier pumping configurations

Marilou Cadatal-Raduban; Minh Hong Pham; Jacque Lynn Gabayno; Kohei Yamanoi; Melvin John F. Empizo; Toshihiko Shimizu; Nobuhiko Sarukura; Hung Dai Nguyen; Akira Yoshikawa; Tsuguo Fukuda

doi:10.1117/12.2289520

15 February 2018 Optimized Ce:LiCAF amplifier pumping configurations

Marilou Cadatal-Raduban, Minh Hong Pham, Jacque Lynn Gabayno, Kohei Yamanoi, Melvin John F. Empizo, Toshihiko Shimizu, Nobuhiko Sarukura, Hung Dai Nguyen, Akira Yoshikawa, Tsuguo Fukuda

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Proceedings Volume 10511, Solid State Lasers XXVII: Technology and Devices; 1051126 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289520
Event: SPIE LASE, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Two side-pumping schemes suitable for the development of an ultraviolet femtosecond amplifier system using a Ce³⁺:LiCaAlF₆ crystal are reported. Firstly, a Bethune-type prismatic cell configuration that uniformly illuminates the four sides of a micro-pulling down method-grown crystal is used to amplify 290 nm, femtosecond pulses with no significant increase in pulse duration and B-integral. The second pumping scheme uses a two-side-pumped large crystal. These two side-pumping schemes can pave new possibilities for achieving high-energy ultraviolet femtosecond pulses.

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Marilou Cadatal-Raduban, Minh Hong Pham, Jacque Lynn Gabayno, Kohei Yamanoi, Melvin John F. Empizo, Toshihiko Shimizu, Nobuhiko Sarukura, Hung Dai Nguyen, Akira Yoshikawa, and Tsuguo Fukuda "Optimized Ce:LiCAF amplifier pumping configurations", Proc. SPIE 10511, Solid State Lasers XXVII: Technology and Devices, 1051126 (15 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289520

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