Abstract
We report on an 880 nm quasi-continuously pumped grazing-incidence “bounce” amplifier, operating at a 300 Hz repetition rate. More than 70 dB small signal gain is achieved with a single crystal. Combined with fast programmable modulators, high-contrast and near-diffraction-limited pulse sequences at the 100 μJ level are produced and can be tailored in terms of pulse duration, amplitude, and a temporal spacing well into the microsecond range. This system could significantly improve extreme-UV comb generation based on parametric amplification and harmonic upconversion of two near-IR comb laser pulses.
©2012 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Ştefan A. Amarande
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 29(8) 2138-2146 (2012)
Kouji Nawata, Masahito Okida, Kenji Furuki, and Takashige Omatsu
Opt. Express 15(15) 9123-9128 (2007)
Antonio Agnesi, Luca Carrà, Riccardo Piccoli, Federico Pirzio, and Giancarlo Reali
Opt. Lett. 37(17) 3612-3614 (2012)