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An overview on laser damage performance of current AR-coated windows at 343 nm and ultrashort pulses
Large laser slabs were manufactured from Yb:YAG doped crystals for Diode-Pumped Solid State Laser (DPSSL) system Amos, which operates within Extreme Light Infrastructure in the Czech republic (ELI Beamlines). The dimension of the largest Yb:YAG laser slab produced is 120×120×8 mm, there is no visible stress under crossed polarizers and the wavefront distortion in the clear aperture region is smaller than λ/10 (λ=633 nm) in its Peak-to-Valley value. The edges of the slab are from diffusively bonded Cr:YAG cladding in order to suppress ASE (Amplified Spontaneous Emission).
In 2018 the performance of three sets of laser slabs (ø55x5 mm) with differently realized ASE suppression was characterized at cryogenic temperatures at HiLASE Centre in terms of small signal gain measurements as well as amplification test under 30 J pumping at 1 Hz and 10 Hz repetition rates. We provide data that show that the crystal slabs have comparable properties to the ceramic slabs (produced by Konoshima company, Japan) currently in use at HiLASE.
Moreover, the Photo-controlled deformable mirror was numerically modelled and the experimental results were reproduced with high degree of fidelity. By using the numerical model of PCDM, a novel method to control high spatial resolution wavefront corrector was studied with promising results.
A practical model of thin disk regenerative amplifier based on analytical expression of ASE lifetime
We are developing a watt level mid-IR picosecond light source pumped by a beam of the thin disk regenerative amplifier. Part of the beam pumps PPLN, which is seeded by a continuous wave laser diode at 1.94 μm to decrease the generation threshold and determine the amplified spectrum. The 3 W pumping gave output of 30 mW, which is by up to two orders higher compared to unseeded operation. The gain of about 107 was achieved in the PPLN in the temporal window of the pump pulse. The spectrum and beam of the generated idler pulses in the mid-IR was measured. We obtained an amplified signal from the second stage with the KTP crystal. We expect watt level mid-IR output for initial 50-W pumping. The generation of longer wavelengths is discussed.
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